Triple
T8357487
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | R. H. Whittaker |
E196715
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Harding Whittaker
Robert Harding Whittaker was an influential American ecologist and taxonomist best known for proposing the five-kingdom classification of life and pioneering concepts in plant community ecology.
|
E728823
|
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: Robert Harding Whittaker | Statement: [R. H. Whittaker, fullName, Robert Harding Whittaker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Harding Whittaker Context triple: [R. H. Whittaker, fullName, Robert Harding Whittaker]
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A.
David Whittaker
David Whittaker is a British video game composer and programmer known for his prolific work on 8-bit and 16-bit home computer game soundtracks in the 1980s and 1990s.
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B.
Roy Whittaker
Roy Whittaker is a notable individual who shares the Whittaker surname and has achieved sufficient recognition to be specifically identified as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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C.
Roger Whittaker
Roger Whittaker was a Kenyan-born British singer-songwriter and whistler known for his smooth baritone voice and easy-listening folk and pop songs such as "Durham Town" and "The Last Farewell."
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D.
Thomas Blakiston
Thomas Blakiston was a 19th-century English explorer and naturalist known for his work in East Asia and for identifying the biogeographical boundary in Japan now called Blakiston’s Line.
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E.
James Robinson Watson
James Robinson Watson was a 19th-century British architect best known for designing the Leeds Grand Theatre in West Yorkshire, England.
- 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: Robert Harding Whittaker Triple: [R. H. Whittaker, fullName, Robert Harding Whittaker]
Generated description
Robert Harding Whittaker was an influential American ecologist and taxonomist best known for proposing the five-kingdom classification of life and pioneering concepts in plant community ecology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Harding Whittaker Target entity description: Robert Harding Whittaker was an influential American ecologist and taxonomist best known for proposing the five-kingdom classification of life and pioneering concepts in plant community ecology.
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A.
David Whittaker
David Whittaker is a British video game composer and programmer known for his prolific work on 8-bit and 16-bit home computer game soundtracks in the 1980s and 1990s.
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B.
Roy Whittaker
Roy Whittaker is a notable individual who shares the Whittaker surname and has achieved sufficient recognition to be specifically identified as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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C.
Roger Whittaker
Roger Whittaker was a Kenyan-born British singer-songwriter and whistler known for his smooth baritone voice and easy-listening folk and pop songs such as "Durham Town" and "The Last Farewell."
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D.
Thomas Blakiston
Thomas Blakiston was a 19th-century English explorer and naturalist known for his work in East Asia and for identifying the biogeographical boundary in Japan now called Blakiston’s Line.
-
E.
James Robinson Watson
James Robinson Watson was a 19th-century British architect best known for designing the Leeds Grand Theatre in West Yorkshire, England.
- 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_69ca82f08b348190bfb7881944bbff6f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb804b57f88190907a4e4e389caf5f |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:05 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cdc76d49c881909e8e93b8f7d940df |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdcc872cc081909c75b3fb08b03e3f |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdd15b53748190966a94b7e8c04880 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:59 p.m.