Triple
T8493140
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation |
E201021
|
entity |
| Predicate | employsFictionalCharacter |
P26582
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lawrence Robertson
Lawrence Robertson is a fictional corporate executive and influential leader within Isaac Asimov’s U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men universe, often depicted as a powerful figure shaping the development and regulation of robots.
|
E765506
|
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: Lawrence Robertson | Statement: [U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation, employsFictionalCharacter, Lawrence Robertson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Robertson Context triple: [U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation, employsFictionalCharacter, Lawrence Robertson]
-
A.
Philip Lawrence
Philip Lawrence is an American songwriter and producer best known for his extensive collaborations with Bruno Mars on numerous hit songs.
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B.
Lloyd Robertson
Lloyd Robertson is a prominent Canadian television journalist and longtime national news anchor best known for his decades of work with CTV News.
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C.
George Lawrence
George Lawrence was a 19th-century British figure best known as the brother of John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, a prominent colonial administrator in British India.
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D.
Douglas Milsome
Douglas Milsome is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films including "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and for his collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick.
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E.
Lawrence Foster
Lawrence Foster is an American conductor renowned for his interpretations of Romantic and 20th-century repertoire and his leadership of major orchestras worldwide.
- 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: Lawrence Robertson Triple: [U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation, employsFictionalCharacter, Lawrence Robertson]
Generated description
Lawrence Robertson is a fictional corporate executive and influential leader within Isaac Asimov’s U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men universe, often depicted as a powerful figure shaping the development and regulation of robots.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Robertson Target entity description: Lawrence Robertson is a fictional corporate executive and influential leader within Isaac Asimov’s U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men universe, often depicted as a powerful figure shaping the development and regulation of robots.
-
A.
Philip Lawrence
Philip Lawrence is an American songwriter and producer best known for his extensive collaborations with Bruno Mars on numerous hit songs.
-
B.
Lloyd Robertson
Lloyd Robertson is a prominent Canadian television journalist and longtime national news anchor best known for his decades of work with CTV News.
-
C.
George Lawrence
George Lawrence was a 19th-century British figure best known as the brother of John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, a prominent colonial administrator in British India.
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D.
Douglas Milsome
Douglas Milsome is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films including "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and for his collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick.
-
E.
Lawrence Foster
Lawrence Foster is an American conductor renowned for his interpretations of Romantic and 20th-century repertoire and his leadership of major orchestras worldwide.
- 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_69ca831ee390819095fae73400bbfafc |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe579b7088190b297b04527e36a2b |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfb9f030fc8190961bcb067350e3e6 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 1 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cfbacea9408190a38f14817437c382 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cfbb6235148190850865a734d55a6c |
completed | April 3, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.