Triple
T6651563
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh |
E150833
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Peter Guthrie Tait
Peter Guthrie Tait was a 19th-century Scottish mathematical physicist known for his pioneering work in thermodynamics, knot theory, and quaternions, and for co-authoring the influential "Treatise on Natural Philosophy" with Lord Kelvin.
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E609832
|
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: Peter Guthrie Tait | Statement: [Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, namedAfter, Peter Guthrie Tait]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Guthrie Tait Context triple: [Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, namedAfter, Peter Guthrie Tait]
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A.
James Geikie
James Geikie was a Scottish geologist known for his influential work on Pleistocene glaciation and the geological history of the Ice Age.
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B.
Archibald Campbell Tait
Archibald Campbell Tait was a 19th-century Archbishop of Canterbury known for his role in guiding the Church of England through significant religious and social reforms.
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C.
William Strutt
William Strutt was an English industrialist and inventor from Derby, noted for his pioneering work in iron-framed, fireproof mill architecture during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Archibald Geikie
Archibald Geikie was a prominent 19th–20th century Scottish geologist known for his influential work on igneous rocks, geological mapping, and for serving as Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom.
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E.
George Stokes
George Stokes was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational work in fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics.
- 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: Peter Guthrie Tait Triple: [Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, namedAfter, Peter Guthrie Tait]
Generated description
Peter Guthrie Tait was a 19th-century Scottish mathematical physicist known for his pioneering work in thermodynamics, knot theory, and quaternions, and for co-authoring the influential "Treatise on Natural Philosophy" with Lord Kelvin.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Guthrie Tait Target entity description: Peter Guthrie Tait was a 19th-century Scottish mathematical physicist known for his pioneering work in thermodynamics, knot theory, and quaternions, and for co-authoring the influential "Treatise on Natural Philosophy" with Lord Kelvin.
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A.
James Geikie
James Geikie was a Scottish geologist known for his influential work on Pleistocene glaciation and the geological history of the Ice Age.
-
B.
Archibald Campbell Tait
Archibald Campbell Tait was a 19th-century Archbishop of Canterbury known for his role in guiding the Church of England through significant religious and social reforms.
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C.
William Strutt
William Strutt was an English industrialist and inventor from Derby, noted for his pioneering work in iron-framed, fireproof mill architecture during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
-
D.
Archibald Geikie
Archibald Geikie was a prominent 19th–20th century Scottish geologist known for his influential work on igneous rocks, geological mapping, and for serving as Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom.
-
E.
George Stokes
George Stokes was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational work in fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics.
- 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_69c687f2c9508190a60b9aad31d3f358 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6b0458fb48190a76d8d1d6273a92b |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6eefb3b6c8190ba797dc51966e3a5 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6f1ed97248190ab2253b3b2457f4f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:09 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6f2c18c0081908958b7ffeed7a787 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:12 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:01 p.m.