Triple
T6331589
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Oxford Canal |
E142392
|
entity |
| Predicate | engineer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel Simcock
Samuel Simcock was an 18th-century British civil engineer known for his work on major canal projects during the early Industrial Revolution.
|
E585745
|
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: Samuel Simcock | Statement: [Oxford Canal, engineer, Samuel Simcock]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Simcock Context triple: [Oxford Canal, engineer, Samuel Simcock]
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A.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
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B.
Samuel Joslin
Samuel Joslin is a British actor best known for his role as one of the sons in the 2012 disaster drama film "The Impossible."
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C.
Samuel Pearson
Samuel Pearson was a British entrepreneur and publisher best known for establishing the company that evolved into the global education and publishing corporation Pearson plc.
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D.
Samuel Downing
Samuel Downing was the father of influential 19th-century American landscape designer and writer Andrew Jackson Downing.
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E.
Frederick Worlock
Frederick Worlock was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and for his voice work in classic animated features.
- 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: Samuel Simcock Triple: [Oxford Canal, engineer, Samuel Simcock]
Generated description
Samuel Simcock was an 18th-century British civil engineer known for his work on major canal projects during the early Industrial Revolution.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Simcock Target entity description: Samuel Simcock was an 18th-century British civil engineer known for his work on major canal projects during the early Industrial Revolution.
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A.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
-
B.
Samuel Joslin
Samuel Joslin is a British actor best known for his role as one of the sons in the 2012 disaster drama film "The Impossible."
-
C.
Samuel Pearson
Samuel Pearson was a British entrepreneur and publisher best known for establishing the company that evolved into the global education and publishing corporation Pearson plc.
-
D.
Samuel Downing
Samuel Downing was the father of influential 19th-century American landscape designer and writer Andrew Jackson Downing.
-
E.
Frederick Worlock
Frederick Worlock was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and for his voice work in classic animated features.
- 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_69c008d4d8e88190ad301c05b08722ac |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c06514cbe8819096dbeb17ccb3e3d5 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6041f713c8190b27ba54181049377 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c604d3839081909f98c37f0fe8f0af |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6054d2e388190a4bafffce879b039 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:19 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:30 p.m.