Triple

T8878414
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Abram Newkirk Littlejohn E211346 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Littlejohn
Littlejohn is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including American Episcopal bishop Abram Newkirk Littlejohn.
 E764716 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: Littlejohn | Statement: [Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, familyName, Littlejohn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Littlejohn
Context triple: [Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, familyName, Littlejohn]
  • A. Rowland
    Rowland is the given name of R. H. Macy, the 19th-century American businessman who founded the Macy's department store chain.
  • B. Rowland
    Rowland is the namesake of the Jonsson-Rowland Science Center, likely a notable figure in science or education commemorated by the institution.
  • C. Souter Johnnie
    Souter Johnnie is a jovial cobbler character from Robert Burns’s narrative poem "Tam o' Shanter," known as the protagonist’s hard-drinking companion.
  • D. Giles
    Giles is the given name of Lytton Strachey, the influential English writer and critic associated with the Bloomsbury Group.
  • E. Giles
    Giles is a lonely, aging gay artist and Elisa's compassionate neighbor and confidant in Guillermo del Toro's film "The Shape of Water."
  • 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: Littlejohn
Triple: [Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, familyName, Littlejohn]
Generated description
Littlejohn is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including American Episcopal bishop Abram Newkirk Littlejohn.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Littlejohn
Target entity description: Littlejohn is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including American Episcopal bishop Abram Newkirk Littlejohn.
  • A. Rowland
    Rowland is the given name of R. H. Macy, the 19th-century American businessman who founded the Macy's department store chain.
  • B. Rowland
    Rowland is the namesake of the Jonsson-Rowland Science Center, likely a notable figure in science or education commemorated by the institution.
  • C. Souter Johnnie
    Souter Johnnie is a jovial cobbler character from Robert Burns’s narrative poem "Tam o' Shanter," known as the protagonist’s hard-drinking companion.
  • D. Giles
    Giles is the given name of Lytton Strachey, the influential English writer and critic associated with the Bloomsbury Group.
  • E. Giles
    Giles is a masculine given name of medieval origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • 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_69ca838e78748190934d82db3104f855 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc61496870819097c55c73aca62aac completed April 1, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfabb87c3481908cf11f2e246f42eb completed April 3, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfacc9b53081909bd3505cff0a7722 completed April 3, 2026, 12:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfad6fff348190b0491ba38d2e6ce5 completed April 3, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:52 p.m.