Triple

T8195440
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Seely Brown E191417 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Paul Duguid
Paul Duguid is a scholar of information studies and co-author of the influential book "The Social Life of Information" with John Seely Brown.
E742802 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: Paul Duguid | Statement: [John Seely Brown, coAuthor, Paul Duguid]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Duguid
Context triple: [John Seely Brown, coAuthor, Paul Duguid]
  • A. Ian McDougall
    Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
  • B. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • C. Paul Ferroll
    Paul Ferroll is a mid-19th-century psychological crime novel by Caroline Clive, notable for its early and unconventional portrayal of a seemingly respectable man who has committed murder.
  • D. Gordon Gunter
    Gordon Gunter was a prominent American marine biologist and fisheries scientist known for his influential research on the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • E. Gordon MacDonald
    Gordon MacDonald is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, as well as his long-term relationship with actress Holly Hunter.
  • 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: Paul Duguid
Triple: [John Seely Brown, coAuthor, Paul Duguid]
Generated description
Paul Duguid is a scholar of information studies and co-author of the influential book "The Social Life of Information" with John Seely Brown.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Duguid
Target entity description: Paul Duguid is a scholar of information studies and co-author of the influential book "The Social Life of Information" with John Seely Brown.
  • A. Ian McDougall
    Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
  • B. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • C. Paul Ferroll
    Paul Ferroll is a mid-19th-century psychological crime novel by Caroline Clive, notable for its early and unconventional portrayal of a seemingly respectable man who has committed murder.
  • D. Gordon Gunter
    Gordon Gunter was a prominent American marine biologist and fisheries scientist known for his influential research on the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • E. Gordon MacDonald
    Gordon MacDonald is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, as well as his long-term relationship with actress Holly Hunter.
  • 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_69ca82c6e9548190a4c5ca14516e4417 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb5c20fbd08190b9966e3c967e9c71 completed March 31, 2026, 5:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce8861dc6481908ad83c99a2798f6e completed April 2, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce8a442b508190bd8319fda51edc4b completed April 2, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce8afff50c8190b2dd1a7e0a5a130b completed April 2, 2026, 3:28 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:42 p.m.