Triple
T6580764
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Epistle to John Rankine |
E157288
|
entity |
| Predicate | addressee |
P265
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Rankine
John Rankine was a correspondent and associate of Robert Burns, known primarily as the addressee of Burns’s satirical “Epistle to John Rankine.”
|
E672153
|
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: John Rankine | Statement: [The Epistle to John Rankine, addressee, John Rankine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Rankine Context triple: [The Epistle to John Rankine, addressee, John Rankine]
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A.
Louis W. Hill
Louis W. Hill was an American railroad executive and businessman who helped expand and promote the Great Northern Railway and tourism in the northwestern United States.
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B.
George C. Rankin
George C. Rankin was a member of the Hunter Commission, a British-era committee in India focused on educational reforms.
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C.
William Lanier
William Lanier is a Pro Football Hall of Fame middle linebacker best known for starring with the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League and NFL during the late 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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E.
Smith Seckman Reid
Smith Seckman Reid is an engineering design and consulting firm known for providing building systems and infrastructure services on major projects, including large sports and entertainment venues.
- 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: John Rankine Triple: [The Epistle to John Rankine, addressee, John Rankine]
Generated description
John Rankine was a correspondent and associate of Robert Burns, known primarily as the addressee of Burns’s satirical “Epistle to John Rankine.”
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Rankine Target entity description: John Rankine was a correspondent and associate of Robert Burns, known primarily as the addressee of Burns’s satirical “Epistle to John Rankine.”
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A.
Louis W. Hill
Louis W. Hill was an American railroad executive and businessman who helped expand and promote the Great Northern Railway and tourism in the northwestern United States.
-
B.
George C. Rankin
George C. Rankin was a member of the Hunter Commission, a British-era committee in India focused on educational reforms.
-
C.
William Lanier
William Lanier is a Pro Football Hall of Fame middle linebacker best known for starring with the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League and NFL during the late 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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E.
Smith Seckman Reid
Smith Seckman Reid is an engineering design and consulting firm known for providing building systems and infrastructure services on major projects, including large sports and entertainment venues.
- 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_69c6882b3a108190b3a9eb343ae4162c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6ae90c1b081908f851bff1dd19855 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c84ed5afb081909838f01bde45268d |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c852da8c048190b2a0696f2e7b65c1 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c853958b748190b4ecc9797389cc85 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:54 p.m.