Triple
T9608320
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Drummond |
E232031
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Drummond (civil engineer)
Thomas Drummond was a 19th-century Scottish civil engineer and inventor best known for developing the intensely bright "Drummond light" used in surveying and early stage lighting.
|
E810010
|
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 Drummond (civil engineer) | Statement: [Drummond, notableBearer, Thomas Drummond (civil engineer)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Drummond (civil engineer) Context triple: [Drummond, notableBearer, Thomas Drummond (civil engineer)]
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A.
James Thomson (engineer)
James Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish engineer and physicist known for his work on thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and the theory of tides, and as the elder brother of Lord Kelvin.
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B.
Alexander Thomson (architect)
Alexander Thomson (architect) was a 19th-century Scottish architect renowned for his distinctive Glasgow buildings that fused classical forms with innovative structural design, earning him the nickname "Greek Thomson."
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C.
Walter Watt
Walter Watt is an American local government official serving as the mayor of Muskegon Heights, Michigan.
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D.
Robert Rowand Anderson
Robert Rowand Anderson was a prominent 19th-century Scottish architect known for his influential Gothic Revival designs and major restorations of historic buildings.
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E.
Colin Mackenzie
Colin Mackenzie was a British East India Company officer and surveyor known for his extensive mapping and antiquarian work in India, including serving as the first Surveyor General of India.
- 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 Drummond (civil engineer) Triple: [Drummond, notableBearer, Thomas Drummond (civil engineer)]
Generated description
Thomas Drummond was a 19th-century Scottish civil engineer and inventor best known for developing the intensely bright "Drummond light" used in surveying and early stage lighting.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Drummond (civil engineer) Target entity description: Thomas Drummond was a 19th-century Scottish civil engineer and inventor best known for developing the intensely bright "Drummond light" used in surveying and early stage lighting.
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A.
James Thomson (engineer)
James Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish engineer and physicist known for his work on thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and the theory of tides, and as the elder brother of Lord Kelvin.
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B.
Alexander Thomson (architect)
Alexander Thomson (architect) was a 19th-century Scottish architect renowned for his distinctive Glasgow buildings that fused classical forms with innovative structural design, earning him the nickname "Greek Thomson."
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C.
Walter Watt
Walter Watt is an American local government official serving as the mayor of Muskegon Heights, Michigan.
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D.
Robert Rowand Anderson
Robert Rowand Anderson was a prominent 19th-century Scottish architect known for his influential Gothic Revival designs and major restorations of historic buildings.
-
E.
Colin Mackenzie
Colin Mackenzie was a British East India Company officer and surveyor known for his extensive mapping and antiquarian work in India, including serving as the first Surveyor General of India.
- 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_69ca8485a90c819094fe40b42fde9d70 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9a8300e48190bef51f61febc061d |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d17942504481908e7147a0f56bdf96 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 8:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d17a27596081909c6a2ec486480ce1 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 8:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d17af1d1b48190b6f8350edfa4f5ef |
completed | April 4, 2026, 8:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:08 p.m.