Triple

T7271880
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donald Brownlee E161126 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Brownlee
Brownlee is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, and sports.
 E161126 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: Brownlee | Statement: [Donald Brownlee, familyName, Brownlee]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brownlee
Context triple: [Donald Brownlee, familyName, Brownlee]
  • A. Bowerman
    Bowerman is a surname most prominently associated with Bill Bowerman, the legendary American track coach and co-founder of Nike.
  • B. Donald Brownlee
    Donald Brownlee is an American astronomer and astrobiologist best known for co-developing the Rare Earth hypothesis and leading NASA’s Stardust mission to collect samples from a comet.
  • C. Brooks
    Brooks is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
  • D. Fitzherbert
    Fitzherbert is a residential suburb located in the city of Palmerston North on New Zealand’s North Island.
  • E. Fitzherbert
    Fitzherbert is an English surname historically associated with notable figures in British politics, diplomacy, and the aristocracy.
  • 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: Brownlee
Triple: [Donald Brownlee, familyName, Brownlee]
Generated description
Brownlee is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, and sports.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brownlee
Target entity description: Brownlee is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, and sports.
  • A. Bowerman
    Bowerman is a surname most prominently associated with Bill Bowerman, the legendary American track coach and co-founder of Nike.
  • B. Donald Brownlee chosen
    Donald Brownlee is an American astronomer and astrobiologist best known for co-developing the Rare Earth hypothesis and leading NASA’s Stardust mission to collect samples from a comet.
  • C. Brooks
    Brooks is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
  • D. Fitzherbert
    Fitzherbert is a residential suburb located in the city of Palmerston North on New Zealand’s North Island.
  • E. Fitzherbert
    Fitzherbert is an English surname historically associated with notable figures in British politics, diplomacy, and the aristocracy.
  • F. None of above.

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_69c6885181008190b419040e22939c7c completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6eb0a03888190b5aa1da80dd303c5 completed March 27, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7db25658481909fc8cf86deb436a4 completed March 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7df68b27081909acd7b903546f1c2 completed March 28, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7dfdea8a48190b901003a4a60d36f completed March 28, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:58 p.m.