Triple

T6177201
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Next plc E137849 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Joseph Hepworth
Joseph Hepworth was a 19th-century British clothing manufacturer and entrepreneur whose tailoring business evolved into what is now the fashion retailer Next plc.
 E599184 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: Joseph Hepworth | Statement: [Next plc, foundedBy, Joseph Hepworth]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Hepworth
Context triple: [Next plc, foundedBy, Joseph Hepworth]
  • A. Francis Wenham
    Francis Wenham was a 19th-century British engineer and early aeronautical pioneer who played a key role in the development of aviation theory and institutions.
  • B. Edward Talbot
    Edward Talbot was an Anglican clergyman who became the inaugural Bishop of Southwark in the Church of England.
  • C. Philip Hardwick
    Philip Hardwick was a prominent 19th-century English architect known for his influential industrial and railway architecture, including major works in London and Liverpool.
  • D. Robert Hepburn
    Robert Hepburn was the brother of acclaimed American actress Katharine Hepburn and a member of the prominent Hepburn family.
  • E. Robert Cornthwaite
    Robert Cornthwaite was an American character actor best known for his roles in 1950s science fiction films and numerous television appearances.
  • 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: Joseph Hepworth
Triple: [Next plc, foundedBy, Joseph Hepworth]
Generated description
Joseph Hepworth was a 19th-century British clothing manufacturer and entrepreneur whose tailoring business evolved into what is now the fashion retailer Next plc.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Hepworth
Target entity description: Joseph Hepworth was a 19th-century British clothing manufacturer and entrepreneur whose tailoring business evolved into what is now the fashion retailer Next plc.
  • A. Francis Wenham
    Francis Wenham was a 19th-century British engineer and early aeronautical pioneer who played a key role in the development of aviation theory and institutions.
  • B. Edward Talbot
    Edward Talbot was an Anglican clergyman who became the inaugural Bishop of Southwark in the Church of England.
  • C. Philip Hardwick
    Philip Hardwick was a prominent 19th-century English architect known for his influential industrial and railway architecture, including major works in London and Liverpool.
  • D. Robert Hepburn
    Robert Hepburn was the brother of acclaimed American actress Katharine Hepburn and a member of the prominent Hepburn family.
  • E. Robert Cornthwaite
    Robert Cornthwaite was an American character actor best known for his roles in 1950s science fiction films and numerous television appearances.
  • 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_69c008a80f748190ba3d07ffc81acb29 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05dc87bc48190834042d9c41d5b86 completed March 22, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6caf09b408190b1133afa52668bfe completed March 27, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6cc960e088190bd9643aa1c46128d completed March 27, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6cd4d50948190ac60ec518f00e5d8 completed March 27, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:18 p.m.