Triple

T11423282
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Proto-Niger–Congo E270680 entity
Predicate researchedBy P1945 FINISHED
Object John Bendor-Samuel
John Bendor-Samuel was a British linguist and missionary known for his influential work on African languages, particularly within the Niger–Congo family.
 E924630 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: John Bendor-Samuel | Statement: [Proto-Niger–Congo, researchedBy, John Bendor-Samuel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Bendor-Samuel
Context triple: [Proto-Niger–Congo, researchedBy, John Bendor-Samuel]
  • A. Stephen Greenhorn
    Stephen Greenhorn is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter known for his work in theatre, television, and film, including creating the TV series "River City" and writing for "Doctor Who."
  • B. Anthony Bodden
    Anthony Bodden is a screenwriter known for his work on the film "Belly."
  • C. Michael Hamlyn
    Michael Hamlyn is a film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed Australian comedy-drama "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."
  • D. Richard Bristow
    Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
  • E. John Bluthal
    John Bluthal was a Polish-born British actor best known for his comic roles in British television and film, including his memorable performance in the sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley."
  • 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: John Bendor-Samuel
Triple: [Proto-Niger–Congo, researchedBy, John Bendor-Samuel]
Generated description
John Bendor-Samuel was a British linguist and missionary known for his influential work on African languages, particularly within the Niger–Congo family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Bendor-Samuel
Target entity description: John Bendor-Samuel was a British linguist and missionary known for his influential work on African languages, particularly within the Niger–Congo family.
  • A. Stephen Greenhorn
    Stephen Greenhorn is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter known for his work in theatre, television, and film, including creating the TV series "River City" and writing for "Doctor Who."
  • B. Anthony Bodden
    Anthony Bodden is a screenwriter known for his work on the film "Belly."
  • C. Michael Hamlyn
    Michael Hamlyn is a film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed Australian comedy-drama "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."
  • D. Richard Bristow
    Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
  • E. John Bluthal
    John Bluthal was a Polish-born British actor best known for his comic roles in British television and film, including his memorable performance in the sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley."
  • 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d801b357e88190ace56d36a945688f completed April 9, 2026, 7:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5b8a1e88c8190994bea88a0490e60 completed April 20, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5c28e2dd481909b45a43b5825f393 completed April 20, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5c4722c348190a4c49edb1f6df240 completed April 20, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.