Triple
T6721968
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Animal Wall |
E153417
|
entity |
| Predicate | originalSculptor |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Nicholls
Thomas Nicholls was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the original animal sculptures for Cardiff Castle’s iconic Animal Wall.
|
E616935
|
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: Thomas Nicholls | Statement: [Animal Wall, originalSculptor, Thomas Nicholls]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Nicholls Context triple: [Animal Wall, originalSculptor, Thomas Nicholls]
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A.
Arthur Bell Nicholls
Arthur Bell Nicholls was an Irish clergyman best known as the husband and later literary executor of novelist Charlotte Brontë.
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B.
Richard Nicolls
Richard Nicolls was a 17th-century English military officer and colonial governor best known for leading the expedition that captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch and became the first English governor of New York.
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C.
John William Nicholson
John William Nicholson was a British physicist known for his early work on atomic theory and spectroscopy in the early 20th century.
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D.
John Blatchley
John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
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E.
William Copp
William Copp was a Boston resident and early landowner after whom the historic Copp's Hill Burying Ground in the North End is named.
- 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: Thomas Nicholls Triple: [Animal Wall, originalSculptor, Thomas Nicholls]
Generated description
Thomas Nicholls was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the original animal sculptures for Cardiff Castle’s iconic Animal Wall.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Nicholls Target entity description: Thomas Nicholls was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the original animal sculptures for Cardiff Castle’s iconic Animal Wall.
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A.
Arthur Bell Nicholls
Arthur Bell Nicholls was an Irish clergyman best known as the husband and later literary executor of novelist Charlotte Brontë.
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B.
Richard Nicolls
Richard Nicolls was a 17th-century English military officer and colonial governor best known for leading the expedition that captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch and became the first English governor of New York.
-
C.
John William Nicholson
John William Nicholson was a British physicist known for his early work on atomic theory and spectroscopy in the early 20th century.
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D.
John Blatchley
John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
-
E.
William Copp
William Copp was a Boston resident and early landowner after whom the historic Copp's Hill Burying Ground in the North End is named.
- 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_69c6880afb988190ad88011b48ecfcba |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d139d50c81908b19120f139deaa5 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7129cb39c8190beb02f0d7ea19d8a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 11:28 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c713306b5081908161d3ec6a64cc85 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 11:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c713de76d081908b275590d311d5fd |
completed | March 27, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:08 p.m.