Triple

T746051
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject London, Midland and Scottish Railway E15342 entity
Predicate chiefMechanicalEngineer P616 FINISHED
Object Henry Fowler
Henry Fowler was a prominent British railway engineer best known for designing influential steam locomotives in the early 20th century.
E105042 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: Henry Fowler | Statement: [London, Midland and Scottish Railway, chiefMechanicalEngineer, Henry Fowler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Fowler
Context triple: [London, Midland and Scottish Railway, chiefMechanicalEngineer, Henry Fowler]
  • A. C. K. Ogden
    C. K. Ogden was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer best known for his work on the theory of language, including the development of Basic English and influential studies in semantics.
  • B. Charles Trubshaw
    Charles Trubshaw was a British architect best known for designing prominent Victorian railway hotels and stations in England.
  • C. Edward Leader Williams
    Edward Leader Williams was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer best known for designing and overseeing major canal and waterway projects, including the Manchester Ship Canal.
  • D. Thomas Bracken
    Thomas Bracken was a 19th-century New Zealand poet and politician best known for writing the words to what became one of the country's national anthems.
  • E. Samuel W. Johnson
    Samuel W. Johnson was a 19th-century American chemist and agricultural scientist who played a key role in organizing the chemical profession in the United States.
  • 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: Henry Fowler
Triple: [London, Midland and Scottish Railway, chiefMechanicalEngineer, Henry Fowler]
Generated description
Henry Fowler was a prominent British railway engineer best known for designing influential steam locomotives in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Fowler
Target entity description: Henry Fowler was a prominent British railway engineer best known for designing influential steam locomotives in the early 20th century.
  • A. C. K. Ogden
    C. K. Ogden was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer best known for his work on the theory of language, including the development of Basic English and influential studies in semantics.
  • B. Charles Trubshaw
    Charles Trubshaw was a British architect best known for designing prominent Victorian railway hotels and stations in England.
  • C. Edward Leader Williams
    Edward Leader Williams was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer best known for designing and overseeing major canal and waterway projects, including the Manchester Ship Canal.
  • D. Thomas Bracken
    Thomas Bracken was a 19th-century New Zealand poet and politician best known for writing the words to what became one of the country's national anthems.
  • E. Samuel W. Johnson
    Samuel W. Johnson was a 19th-century American chemist and agricultural scientist who played a key role in organizing the chemical profession in the United States.
  • 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_69a49358aa308190adbc9b5a0a2adcf9 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4aa9ba3888190889a1ad554f73c5e completed March 1, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7c00751dc8190ad1ac6885341f799 completed March 4, 2026, 5:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7c0716e708190b907502b17b671f8 completed March 4, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7c0d166ac819089b683e7cee92043 completed March 4, 2026, 5:19 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.