Triple
T6387847
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Room 40 |
E143744
|
entity |
| Predicate | employed |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alfred Ewing
Alfred Ewing was a Scottish physicist and engineer known for his pioneering work in magnetism and for organizing British naval codebreaking efforts during World War I.
|
E592845
|
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: Alfred Ewing | Statement: [Room 40, employed, Alfred Ewing]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Ewing Context triple: [Room 40, employed, Alfred Ewing]
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A.
Edward Ingress Bell
Edward Ingress Bell was a British architect known for his partnership with Sir Aston Webb on prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century public and institutional buildings in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Percy William Pickering
Percy William Pickering was the father of the British Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn De Morgan.
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C.
Gordon Hodgkin
Gordon Hodgkin was a British painter and printmaker renowned for his vibrant, abstract works that often evoked emotional and remembered interiors.
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D.
Thomas Archer Hirst
Thomas Archer Hirst was a 19th-century English mathematician known for his work in geometry and for his involvement in the scientific community of Victorian Britain.
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E.
W. H. Harvey
W. H. Harvey was a 19th-century Irish botanist and phycologist known for his influential work on algae and plant taxonomy.
- 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: Alfred Ewing Triple: [Room 40, employed, Alfred Ewing]
Generated description
Alfred Ewing was a Scottish physicist and engineer known for his pioneering work in magnetism and for organizing British naval codebreaking efforts during World War I.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Ewing Target entity description: Alfred Ewing was a Scottish physicist and engineer known for his pioneering work in magnetism and for organizing British naval codebreaking efforts during World War I.
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A.
Edward Ingress Bell
Edward Ingress Bell was a British architect known for his partnership with Sir Aston Webb on prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century public and institutional buildings in the United Kingdom.
-
B.
Percy William Pickering
Percy William Pickering was the father of the British Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn De Morgan.
-
C.
Gordon Hodgkin
Gordon Hodgkin was a British painter and printmaker renowned for his vibrant, abstract works that often evoked emotional and remembered interiors.
-
D.
Thomas Archer Hirst
Thomas Archer Hirst was a 19th-century English mathematician known for his work in geometry and for his involvement in the scientific community of Victorian Britain.
-
E.
W. H. Harvey
W. H. Harvey was a 19th-century Irish botanist and phycologist known for his influential work on algae and plant taxonomy.
- 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_69c008dac1ec81909cef8157ccd69962 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c06869dfb88190aeb84c6c61414888 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c640b7e89881908e1c39d45e8a8473 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c643eee5fc8190bb874319d84a0d03 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c64481fea8819089988f558bf2cb54 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:34 p.m.