Triple
T9104472
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bloor Viaduct |
E218442
|
entity |
| Predicate | engineer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Taylor
Thomas Taylor was a civil engineer known for his role in designing and overseeing the construction of Toronto’s Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor Viaduct), a key early 20th-century infrastructure project.
|
E777123
|
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: Thomas Taylor | Statement: [Bloor Viaduct, engineer, Thomas Taylor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Taylor Context triple: [Bloor Viaduct, engineer, Thomas Taylor]
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A.
Thomas Taylor
Thomas Taylor was an 18th–19th century English Neoplatonist scholar and translator known for rendering many ancient Greek philosophical and religious texts, including the Orphic Hymns, into English.
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B.
William Taylor
William Taylor was an early 18th-century London bookseller and publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Daniel Defoe’s novel "Robinson Crusoe."
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C.
Richard E. P. Taylor
Richard E. P. Taylor was a 19th-century American architect best known for his role in designing the monumental Old State, War, and Navy Building in Washington, D.C.
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D.
John Ternouth
John Ternouth was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the bronze reliefs that adorn Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London.
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E.
John Davys
John Davys is an individual known primarily as an alternate or variant name for John Davis, whose specific notability is not clearly distinguished under this spelling.
- 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: Thomas Taylor Triple: [Bloor Viaduct, engineer, Thomas Taylor]
Generated description
Thomas Taylor was a civil engineer known for his role in designing and overseeing the construction of Toronto’s Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor Viaduct), a key early 20th-century infrastructure project.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Taylor Target entity description: Thomas Taylor was a civil engineer known for his role in designing and overseeing the construction of Toronto’s Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor Viaduct), a key early 20th-century infrastructure project.
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A.
Thomas Taylor
Thomas Taylor was an 18th–19th century English Neoplatonist scholar and translator known for rendering many ancient Greek philosophical and religious texts, including the Orphic Hymns, into English.
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B.
William Taylor
William Taylor was an early 18th-century London bookseller and publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Daniel Defoe’s novel "Robinson Crusoe."
-
C.
Richard E. P. Taylor
Richard E. P. Taylor was a 19th-century American architect best known for his role in designing the monumental Old State, War, and Navy Building in Washington, D.C.
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D.
John Ternouth
John Ternouth was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the bronze reliefs that adorn Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London.
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E.
John Davys
John Davys is an individual known primarily as an alternate or variant name for John Davis, whose specific notability is not clearly distinguished under this spelling.
- 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_69ca83db7448819090d0a5de842ef2ac |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cca56f1f10819091abadf7cd06c3a6 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d01840d2488190a14d458aa181cc47 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0196766248190aebda80cbd7d1eef |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d019d76d2481909118b163ce5713f2 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:15 p.m.