Triple
T10411279
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Railway Series |
E245395
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasIllustrator |
P2761
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Middleton
William Middleton is an illustrator known for his artwork in the classic British children's book collection "The Railway Series."
|
E862033
|
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: William Middleton | Statement: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, William Middleton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Middleton Context triple: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, William Middleton]
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A.
Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton was an American character actor known for his imposing presence and frequent roles as villains or authority figures in mid-20th-century film and television.
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B.
Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton is an architect best known as one of the founders of the influential design and planning firm Cambridge Seven Associates.
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C.
Cyril Emmanuel King
Cyril Emmanuel King was a prominent U.S. Virgin Islands politician who served as the territory’s second elected governor in the 1970s.
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D.
Edward Rose
Edward Rose was a benefactor whose contributions and legacy led to the naming of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in his honor.
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E.
Charles Robert Knox
Charles Robert Knox was a prominent American football coach best known for his successful head coaching tenures in the NFL during the 1970s and 1980s.
- 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: William Middleton Triple: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, William Middleton]
Generated description
William Middleton is an illustrator known for his artwork in the classic British children's book collection "The Railway Series."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Middleton Target entity description: William Middleton is an illustrator known for his artwork in the classic British children's book collection "The Railway Series."
-
A.
Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton was an American character actor known for his imposing presence and frequent roles as villains or authority figures in mid-20th-century film and television.
-
B.
Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton is an architect best known as one of the founders of the influential design and planning firm Cambridge Seven Associates.
-
C.
Cyril Emmanuel King
Cyril Emmanuel King was a prominent U.S. Virgin Islands politician who served as the territory’s second elected governor in the 1970s.
-
D.
Edward Rose
Edward Rose was a benefactor whose contributions and legacy led to the naming of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in his honor.
-
E.
Charles Robert Knox
Charles Robert Knox was a prominent American football coach best known for his successful head coaching tenures in the NFL during the 1970s and 1980s.
- 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_69d381be340c8190b05998703d42d224 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4e9fc72d081908d81c71133973daf |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d7fbfae96c8190ac496e9a1158afe4 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d822d6a0188190a7ee6de5aab50486 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d859e40bf88190a6dc8deed3049d31 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:09 p.m.