Triple
T6031321
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pickering |
E134308
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableSurnameBearer |
P30307
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ernest Pickering
Ernest Pickering was a prominent fundamentalist Christian pastor, theologian, and author known for his influential writings on separatist theology and church doctrine.
|
E577183
|
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: Ernest Pickering | Statement: [Pickering, hasNotableSurnameBearer, Ernest Pickering]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Pickering Context triple: [Pickering, hasNotableSurnameBearer, Ernest Pickering]
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A.
George Willis Ritchey
George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope designer renowned for pioneering advanced reflecting telescope technologies in the early 20th century.
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B.
Harold Spencer Jones
Harold Spencer Jones was a prominent 20th-century British astronomer who served as the last Astronomer Royal to be responsible for the Royal Greenwich Observatory and made significant contributions to positional astronomy and the determination of the astronomical unit.
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C.
James Challis
James Challis was a 19th-century English clergyman and astronomer best known for his role as director of the Cambridge Observatory during the period of the predicted discovery of Neptune.
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D.
James Edward Keeler
James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
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E.
William Henry Pickering
William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer known for his discoveries of planetary satellites and contributions to lunar and planetary observation.
- 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: Ernest Pickering Triple: [Pickering, hasNotableSurnameBearer, Ernest Pickering]
Generated description
Ernest Pickering was a prominent fundamentalist Christian pastor, theologian, and author known for his influential writings on separatist theology and church doctrine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Pickering Target entity description: Ernest Pickering was a prominent fundamentalist Christian pastor, theologian, and author known for his influential writings on separatist theology and church doctrine.
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A.
George Willis Ritchey
George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope designer renowned for pioneering advanced reflecting telescope technologies in the early 20th century.
-
B.
Harold Spencer Jones
Harold Spencer Jones was a prominent 20th-century British astronomer who served as the last Astronomer Royal to be responsible for the Royal Greenwich Observatory and made significant contributions to positional astronomy and the determination of the astronomical unit.
-
C.
James Challis
James Challis was a 19th-century English clergyman and astronomer best known for his role as director of the Cambridge Observatory during the period of the predicted discovery of Neptune.
-
D.
James Edward Keeler
James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer noted for his pioneering spectroscopic studies of Saturn’s rings and for his influential role in late 19th-century astrophysical research.
-
E.
William Henry Pickering
William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer known for his discoveries of planetary satellites and contributions to lunar and planetary observation.
- 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_69c0087515148190a97475d412563865 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c056af89e881909652957f94317684 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c20d3a18e4819081b6f3c5a1f02b25 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c212f269b48190990c38341f3275d1 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c21346f7148190866356ce3c9e28e9 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:08 p.m.