Triple

T11439829
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nottingham High School E271111 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Sir John Turnbull Macpherson
Sir John Turnbull Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor and later Governor-General of Nigeria in the mid-20th century.
E928305 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: Sir John Turnbull Macpherson | Statement: [Nottingham High School, hasNotableAlumni, Sir John Turnbull Macpherson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Turnbull Macpherson
Context triple: [Nottingham High School, hasNotableAlumni, Sir John Turnbull Macpherson]
  • A. Sir William Gordon Cumming
    Sir William Gordon Cumming was a Scottish baronet, soldier, and socialite best known for his involvement in the infamous 1890–91 royal baccarat scandal that shook Victorian high society.
  • B. Sir Alexander Gordon Cumming
    Sir Alexander Gordon Cumming was a Scottish aristocrat and landowner who served in prominent local leadership roles in the 19th century.
  • C. George Grant Elmslie
    George Grant Elmslie was an influential American architect associated with the Prairie School movement, known for his richly ornamented designs and collaborations with Louis Sullivan.
  • D. Sir John Campbell Brodie
    Sir John Campbell Brodie was a Scottish nobleman and public figure who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, acting as the British monarch’s representative in that county.
  • E. Sir John Ritchie Findlay
    Sir John Ritchie Findlay was a Scottish newspaper proprietor and philanthropist from the prominent Findlay family associated with The Scotsman.
  • 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: Sir John Turnbull Macpherson
Triple: [Nottingham High School, hasNotableAlumni, Sir John Turnbull Macpherson]
Generated description
Sir John Turnbull Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor and later Governor-General of Nigeria in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Turnbull Macpherson
Target entity description: Sir John Turnbull Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor and later Governor-General of Nigeria in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Sir William Gordon Cumming
    Sir William Gordon Cumming was a Scottish baronet, soldier, and socialite best known for his involvement in the infamous 1890–91 royal baccarat scandal that shook Victorian high society.
  • B. Sir Alexander Gordon Cumming
    Sir Alexander Gordon Cumming was a Scottish aristocrat and landowner who served in prominent local leadership roles in the 19th century.
  • C. George Grant Elmslie
    George Grant Elmslie was an influential American architect associated with the Prairie School movement, known for his richly ornamented designs and collaborations with Louis Sullivan.
  • D. Sir John Campbell Brodie
    Sir John Campbell Brodie was a Scottish nobleman and public figure who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, acting as the British monarch’s representative in that county.
  • E. Sir John Ritchie Findlay
    Sir John Ritchie Findlay was a Scottish newspaper proprietor and philanthropist from the prominent Findlay family associated with The Scotsman.
  • 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_69d80888190c8190b6365550ffe4931c completed April 9, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e603f7b7c0819092de5ab040b21dc9 completed April 20, 2026, 10:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e610a07bf881908de79850edb9576f completed April 20, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e617fdaaa88190a1860fb00309596b completed April 20, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.