Triple
T6898961
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Niall Ferguson |
E159444
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Niall Ferguson |
E159444
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Niall Ferguson | Statement: [Niall Ferguson, name, Niall Ferguson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niall Ferguson Context triple: [Niall Ferguson, name, Niall Ferguson]
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A.
Niall Ferguson
chosen
Niall Ferguson is a British historian and author known for his works on economic and financial history, empire, and Western civilization.
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B.
Timothy Garton Ash
Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, political writer, and commentator renowned for his analyses of contemporary European history, free speech, and liberal democracy.
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C.
Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson is a composer and Christian music producer best known as the first husband and former musical collaborator of television personality Kathie Lee Gifford.
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D.
Orlando Figes
Orlando Figes is a British historian and author renowned for his influential works on Russian and European history.
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E.
Perry Anderson
Perry Anderson is a British historian and essayist known for his influential Marxist analyses of Western society, politics, and intellectual history, particularly through his long association with the New Left Review.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c6883822e0819091e321526f20ae0a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d95d67448190857f36b8115b03f6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c748eb23888190bca6e42dc03ab31b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:24 p.m.