Triple

T9546066
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Francis Wallace Burns E230288 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object William Nicol Burns E234335 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: William Nicol Burns | Statement: [Francis Wallace Burns, sibling, William Nicol Burns]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Nicol Burns
Context triple: [Francis Wallace Burns, sibling, William Nicol Burns]
  • A. William Nicol Burns chosen
    William Nicol Burns was a son of the Scottish poet Robert Burns who became a customs officer and spent much of his life in London.
  • B. Francis Wallace Burns
    Francis Wallace Burns was one of the sons of the famed Scottish poet Robert Burns, remembered primarily through his connection to his father's legacy.
  • C. William Ross
    William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
  • D. Reginald S. Macdonald
    Reginald S. Macdonald was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Dent d'Hérens in the Alps.
  • E. William J. McAlpine
    William J. McAlpine was a 19th-century American civil engineer and public official known for his leadership in the development and administration of New York’s canal system.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69ca847c70b8819088a0a0bad64a50d6 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9902fca081909125660ae6336d3f completed April 1, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d14c747e608190b2fa470324fff454 completed April 4, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:02 p.m.