Triple

T8332849
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Lane Craig E195111 entity
Predicate hasDebated P64392 FINISHED
Object John Dominic Crossan
John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American New Testament scholar and former Catholic priest known for his influential and often controversial work on the historical Jesus and early Christianity.
E725996 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: John Dominic Crossan | Statement: [William Lane Craig, hasDebated, John Dominic Crossan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Dominic Crossan
Context triple: [William Lane Craig, hasDebated, John Dominic Crossan]
  • A. Denis Crossan
    Denis Crossan is a British cinematographer known for his work on feature films and television, including the horror thriller "I Know What You Did Last Summer."
  • B. Raymond E. Brown
    Raymond E. Brown was a prominent 20th-century American Catholic biblical scholar renowned for his influential work on the Gospel of John and the Johannine community.
  • C. Bart D. Ehrman
    Bart D. Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar and bestselling author known for his critical work on the textual history of the Bible and the historical Jesus.
  • D. Gregory K. Beale
    Gregory K. Beale is an American New Testament scholar and theologian best known for his work on biblical theology, the use of the Old Testament in the New, and the Book of Revelation.
  • E. N. T. Wright
    N. T. Wright is a prominent British New Testament scholar, theologian, and Anglican bishop known for his influential works on Jesus, Paul, and early Christianity.
  • 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: John Dominic Crossan
Triple: [William Lane Craig, hasDebated, John Dominic Crossan]
Generated description
John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American New Testament scholar and former Catholic priest known for his influential and often controversial work on the historical Jesus and early Christianity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Dominic Crossan
Target entity description: John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American New Testament scholar and former Catholic priest known for his influential and often controversial work on the historical Jesus and early Christianity.
  • A. Denis Crossan
    Denis Crossan is a British cinematographer known for his work on feature films and television, including the horror thriller "I Know What You Did Last Summer."
  • B. Raymond E. Brown
    Raymond E. Brown was a prominent 20th-century American Catholic biblical scholar renowned for his influential work on the Gospel of John and the Johannine community.
  • C. Bart D. Ehrman
    Bart D. Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar and bestselling author known for his critical work on the textual history of the Bible and the historical Jesus.
  • D. Gregory K. Beale
    Gregory K. Beale is an American New Testament scholar and theologian best known for his work on biblical theology, the use of the Old Testament in the New, and the Book of Revelation.
  • E. N. T. Wright
    N. T. Wright is a prominent British New Testament scholar, theologian, and Anglican bishop known for his influential works on Jesus, Paul, and early Christianity.
  • 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_69ca82e87f2c8190bdb71ee29dfc642d completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbd120a1ec8190a8dc101fa1371780 completed March 31, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd95d19178819090815692e847c4e0 completed April 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdab61d00c81909ce2c0d718a2dc1a completed April 1, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdb2ef889c8190af6efb9473f8804c completed April 2, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:57 p.m.