Triple
T7280262
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Cadell the elder |
E163128
|
entity |
| Predicate | businessPartner |
P282
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Davies
William Davies was an 18th-century London bookseller and publisher known for his partnership with prominent publisher Thomas Cadell the elder.
|
E655531
|
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 Davies | Statement: [Thomas Cadell the elder, businessPartner, William Davies]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Davies Context triple: [Thomas Cadell the elder, businessPartner, William Davies]
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A.
William Davies
William Davies is a British screenwriter known for his work on popular films such as the "How to Train Your Dragon" series and "Johnny English."
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B.
Thomas Herrick
Thomas Herrick was a member of the Herrick family and the brother of the 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric Robert Herrick.
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C.
W. H. Davies
W. H. Davies was a Welsh poet and writer, best known for his simple, lyrical verse about nature and everyday life and for his association with the early 20th-century Georgian poetry movement.
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D.
Edward Bishop
Edward Bishop was a 17th-century New England resident known primarily as the husband of Bridget Bishop, the first person executed during the Salem witch trials.
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E.
Francis Thompson
Francis Thompson was a 19th-century British railway architect known for designing several major stations during the early expansion of the railway network in the United Kingdom.
- 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 Davies Triple: [Thomas Cadell the elder, businessPartner, William Davies]
Generated description
William Davies was an 18th-century London bookseller and publisher known for his partnership with prominent publisher Thomas Cadell the elder.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Davies Target entity description: William Davies was an 18th-century London bookseller and publisher known for his partnership with prominent publisher Thomas Cadell the elder.
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A.
William Davies
William Davies is a British screenwriter known for his work on popular films such as the "How to Train Your Dragon" series and "Johnny English."
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B.
Thomas Herrick
Thomas Herrick was a member of the Herrick family and the brother of the 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric Robert Herrick.
-
C.
W. H. Davies
W. H. Davies was a Welsh poet and writer, best known for his simple, lyrical verse about nature and everyday life and for his association with the early 20th-century Georgian poetry movement.
-
D.
Edward Bishop
Edward Bishop was a 17th-century New England resident known primarily as the husband of Bridget Bishop, the first person executed during the Salem witch trials.
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E.
Francis Thompson
Francis Thompson was a 19th-century British railway architect known for designing several major stations during the early expansion of the railway network in the United Kingdom.
- 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_69c6885c5964819085b209701769877f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6eb339b1081909f648864e210f98e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7e532a7f08190a5c0b1167dc0be44 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 2:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7e5cf414c81909dd866130d91b693 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7e7814a58819093a35c035e9b982e |
completed | March 28, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:59 p.m.