Triple
T9627976
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boswell family |
E232518
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson |
E273948
|
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: James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson | Statement: [Boswell family, associatedWith, James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson Context triple: [Boswell family, associatedWith, James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson]
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A.
James Boswell
chosen
James Boswell was an 18th-century Scottish lawyer, diarist, and biographer best known for writing the seminal biography "The Life of Samuel Johnson."
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B.
Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell is a landmark 18th-century biography renowned for its vivid, detailed portrayal of the English writer Samuel Johnson and for helping to define the modern genre of biography.
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C.
St Boswells
St Boswells is a village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, known for its picturesque rural setting and historic market-town character.
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D.
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson was an 18th-century English writer, lexicographer, and critic best known for compiling *A Dictionary of the English Language* (1755), one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of English.
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E.
William Smith (biographer)
William Smith was a Scottish biographer and man of letters of the 19th century, known for his literary and historical writings.
- 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_69ca848793ec8190a93a12383a754dc0 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9afeb64c8190be91024c2e9039d3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d17987e4008190a8d43641072a1c86 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 8:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:10 p.m.