Triple
T6974140
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa |
E161673
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Bell
Charles Bell was a notable historical figure associated with South Africa, after whom the town of Bellville in the Western Cape was named.
|
E633626
|
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: Charles Bell | Statement: [Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa, namedAfter, Charles Bell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Bell Context triple: [Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa, namedAfter, Charles Bell]
-
A.
George Kassabaum
George Kassabaum was an American architect and co-founder of the global design and architecture firm HOK.
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B.
John Callcott Horsley
John Callcott Horsley was a 19th-century English painter and illustrator best known for designing the first commercially produced Christmas card.
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C.
Charles Hodgkin
Charles Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the distinguished Hodgkin surname, likely recognized for contributions in a professional or academic field.
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D.
Thomas Jessell
Thomas Jessell was a prominent neuroscientist known for his pioneering work on the development and organization of the spinal cord and motor circuits.
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E.
Samuel D. Gross
Samuel D. Gross was a prominent 19th-century American surgeon and medical educator renowned for his influential surgical texts and leadership in advancing clinical surgery.
- 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: Charles Bell Triple: [Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa, namedAfter, Charles Bell]
Generated description
Charles Bell was a notable historical figure associated with South Africa, after whom the town of Bellville in the Western Cape was named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Bell Target entity description: Charles Bell was a notable historical figure associated with South Africa, after whom the town of Bellville in the Western Cape was named.
-
A.
George Kassabaum
George Kassabaum was an American architect and co-founder of the global design and architecture firm HOK.
-
B.
John Callcott Horsley
John Callcott Horsley was a 19th-century English painter and illustrator best known for designing the first commercially produced Christmas card.
-
C.
Charles Hodgkin
Charles Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the distinguished Hodgkin surname, likely recognized for contributions in a professional or academic field.
-
D.
Thomas Jessell
Thomas Jessell was a prominent neuroscientist known for his pioneering work on the development and organization of the spinal cord and motor circuits.
-
E.
Samuel D. Gross
Samuel D. Gross was a prominent 19th-century American surgeon and medical educator renowned for his influential surgical texts and leadership in advancing clinical surgery.
- 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_69c68854a0d88190bc0bf82263f1afce |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6db3bda908190a10a91dc8d043ef1 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c761a6bbdc81908c96871f151db279 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:05 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7639074f48190bc095f18fc35c08b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c76435fd2c819099143ea12f21d095 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:30 p.m.