Triple

T8206728
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Captain William Renton E191705 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object William Renton
William Renton was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his influential role in the early lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest.
E719439 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 Renton | Statement: [Captain William Renton, name, William Renton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Renton
Context triple: [Captain William Renton, name, William Renton]
  • A. Guthrie Govan
    Guthrie Govan is a highly acclaimed English guitarist known for his virtuosic technique, genre-blending style, and work with bands such as The Aristocrats and Asia, as well as his influential instructional contributions.
  • B. Thomas Sutherland
    Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
  • C. John Tait
    John Tait is known primarily as the husband of Katharine Tait, the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
  • D. Colin Livingston
    Colin Livingston is an individual associated with Asia, likely known for professional or organizational involvement connected to the region.
  • E. William Ferguson
    William Ferguson was an Aboriginal Australian civil rights leader and activist who played a key role in organizing early campaigns for Indigenous rights and equality in the 20th century.
  • 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 Renton
Triple: [Captain William Renton, name, William Renton]
Generated description
William Renton was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his influential role in the early lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Renton
Target entity description: William Renton was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his influential role in the early lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest.
  • A. Guthrie Govan
    Guthrie Govan is a highly acclaimed English guitarist known for his virtuosic technique, genre-blending style, and work with bands such as The Aristocrats and Asia, as well as his influential instructional contributions.
  • B. Thomas Sutherland
    Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
  • C. John Tait
    John Tait is known primarily as the husband of Katharine Tait, the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
  • D. Colin Livingston
    Colin Livingston is an individual associated with Asia, likely known for professional or organizational involvement connected to the region.
  • E. William Ferguson
    William Ferguson was an Aboriginal Australian civil rights leader and activist who played a key role in organizing early campaigns for Indigenous rights and equality in the 20th century.
  • 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_69ca82c7f3e08190857bf1fc63b2a10c completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb726b520081908ce4a03bd14dfcdf completed March 31, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccedda69148190b8c221221de5dae5 completed April 1, 2026, 10:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccf1ba74548190831677bb126bea1a completed April 1, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd05c2059081908bd04ee4722f9aad completed April 1, 2026, 11:47 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:43 p.m.