Triple

T5901693
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hartley E131240 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Ralph Hartley
Ralph Hartley was an American engineer and physicist known for pioneering work in information theory and for the Hartley oscillator circuit.
 E552913 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Ralph Hartley | Statement: [Hartley, hasNotableBearer, Ralph Hartley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph Hartley
Context triple: [Hartley, hasNotableBearer, Ralph Hartley]
  • A. Edward Condon
    Edward Condon was an American nuclear physicist and quantum mechanic known for major contributions to atomic spectroscopy and for co-formulating the Franck–Condon principle.
  • B. Harold Huth
    Harold Huth was a British film director, producer, and occasional actor active in the mid-20th century, known for his work in the British studio system.
  • C. Ralph Brownrigg
    Ralph Brownrigg was a 17th-century English clergyman and academic who served as Bishop of Exeter in the Church of England.
  • D. Ralph Darlington
    Ralph Darlington is a British academic and author known for his work on labor history, trade unionism, and industrial relations.
  • E. John R. Whitney
    John R. Whitney is an American businessman best known as the founder of Interactive Data Corporation, a major provider of financial market data and analytics.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Ralph Hartley
Triple: [Hartley, hasNotableBearer, Ralph Hartley]
Generated description
Ralph Hartley was an American engineer and physicist known for pioneering work in information theory and for the Hartley oscillator circuit.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph Hartley
Target entity description: Ralph Hartley was an American engineer and physicist known for pioneering work in information theory and for the Hartley oscillator circuit.
  • A. Edward Condon
    Edward Condon was an American nuclear physicist and quantum mechanic known for major contributions to atomic spectroscopy and for co-formulating the Franck–Condon principle.
  • B. Harold Huth
    Harold Huth was a British film director, producer, and occasional actor active in the mid-20th century, known for his work in the British studio system.
  • C. Ralph Brownrigg
    Ralph Brownrigg was a 17th-century English clergyman and academic who served as Bishop of Exeter in the Church of England.
  • D. Ralph Darlington
    Ralph Darlington is a British academic and author known for his work on labor history, trade unionism, and industrial relations.
  • E. John R. Whitney
    John R. Whitney is an American businessman best known as the founder of Interactive Data Corporation, a major provider of financial market data and analytics.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69c0085864a88190a569c05ff7d65f29 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0373489208190ba51c013e81c9938 completed March 22, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0b16297588190928693a7c31ec0a7 completed March 23, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0b1fabe448190be7d93b1f8c17c2a completed March 23, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0b29fbec8819092b117bd40e3731f completed March 23, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:58 p.m.