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]
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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.
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B.
Charles Trubshaw
Charles Trubshaw was a British architect best known for designing prominent Victorian railway hotels and stations in England.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.