Triple
T6823701
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Annan |
E156960
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Annan
William Annan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Annan.
|
E622277
|
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: William Annan | Statement: [Annan, hasNotableBearer, William Annan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Annan Context triple: [Annan, hasNotableBearer, William Annan]
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A.
Felix Salmond
Felix Salmond was a prominent early 20th-century British cellist and influential teacher, known for premiering Elgar’s Cello Concerto and shaping generations of American string players.
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B.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
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C.
John Lyon
John Lyon was a 16th-century English landowner and philanthropist best known for endowing and founding Harrow School, one of England’s leading public schools.
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D.
James Scott
James Scott was a Detroit-based businessman and controversial philanthropist whose bequest funded the construction of the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle.
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E.
Andrew Moray
Andrew Moray was a Scottish noble and military leader who co-led the early resistance against English rule alongside William Wallace during the First War of Scottish Independence.
- 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: William Annan Triple: [Annan, hasNotableBearer, William Annan]
Generated description
William Annan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Annan.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Annan Target entity description: William Annan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Annan.
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A.
Felix Salmond
Felix Salmond was a prominent early 20th-century British cellist and influential teacher, known for premiering Elgar’s Cello Concerto and shaping generations of American string players.
-
B.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
-
C.
John Lyon
John Lyon was a 16th-century English landowner and philanthropist best known for endowing and founding Harrow School, one of England’s leading public schools.
-
D.
James Scott
James Scott was a Detroit-based businessman and controversial philanthropist whose bequest funded the construction of the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle.
-
E.
Andrew Moray
Andrew Moray was a Scottish noble and military leader who co-led the early resistance against English rule alongside William Wallace during the First War of Scottish Independence.
- 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_69c688298a288190af3f285d57f76bbe |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d580ca448190aa6d52908ca50e39 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c723ee0e94819095a678e1073869d5 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7254674008190972b4f8619b28776 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c725be2ad881908e97017baabbd854 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:18 p.m.