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]
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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.
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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.
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C.
John Tait
John Tait is known primarily as the husband of Katharine Tait, the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
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D.
Colin Livingston
Colin Livingston is an individual associated with Asia, likely known for professional or organizational involvement connected to the region.
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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.
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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.
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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.