Triple
T9481996
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Birkbeck, University of London |
E228663
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Birkbeck
George Birkbeck was a British physician, academic, and pioneer of adult education who played a key role in founding what became Birkbeck, University of London.
|
E802478
|
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: George Birkbeck | Statement: [Birkbeck, University of London, founder, George Birkbeck]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Birkbeck Context triple: [Birkbeck, University of London, founder, George Birkbeck]
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A.
Murray Edwards
Murray Edwards is a Canadian billionaire businessman and investor known for his major holdings in the oil and gas, mining, and sports industries.
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B.
John Whitgift
John Whitgift was a 16th-century English archbishop of Canterbury known for his staunch defense of the Elizabethan religious settlement and opposition to Puritanism.
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C.
Nicholas Wadham
Nicholas Wadham was a wealthy English landowner and benefactor of the early 17th century best known for endowing and establishing Wadham College at the University of Oxford.
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D.
Nassau W. Senior
Nassau W. Senior was a 19th-century English economist and legal scholar known for his contributions to classical political economy and his role in early labor and poverty reform debates.
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E.
Baron Furnivall
Baron Furnivall is a historic English baronial title that exists as a subsidiary honor held by the Earl of Shrewsbury.
- 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: George Birkbeck Triple: [Birkbeck, University of London, founder, George Birkbeck]
Generated description
George Birkbeck was a British physician, academic, and pioneer of adult education who played a key role in founding what became Birkbeck, University of London.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Birkbeck Target entity description: George Birkbeck was a British physician, academic, and pioneer of adult education who played a key role in founding what became Birkbeck, University of London.
-
A.
Murray Edwards
Murray Edwards is a Canadian billionaire businessman and investor known for his major holdings in the oil and gas, mining, and sports industries.
-
B.
John Whitgift
John Whitgift was a 16th-century English archbishop of Canterbury known for his staunch defense of the Elizabethan religious settlement and opposition to Puritanism.
-
C.
Nicholas Wadham
Nicholas Wadham was a wealthy English landowner and benefactor of the early 17th century best known for endowing and establishing Wadham College at the University of Oxford.
-
D.
Nassau W. Senior
Nassau W. Senior was a 19th-century English economist and legal scholar known for his contributions to classical political economy and his role in early labor and poverty reform debates.
-
E.
Baron Furnivall
Baron Furnivall is a historic English baronial title that exists as a subsidiary honor held by the Earl of Shrewsbury.
- 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_69ca84730a5081908de282651019bf2f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd804af6d08190a281cb27407c791c |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d12d0620608190a6697777ec2eec26 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 3:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d12db5c20881909a7011a3d25dd2b8 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 3:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d12e4f1b9081908e73aa674d1ef0e4 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 3:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:55 p.m.