Triple
T12420384
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sybil Thorndike |
E296751
|
entity |
| Predicate | sibling |
P363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Russell Thorndike
Russell Thorndike was an English actor and novelist best known for creating the popular "Doctor Syn" series of historical adventure novels.
|
E980400
|
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: Russell Thorndike | Statement: [Sybil Thorndike, sibling, Russell Thorndike]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell Thorndike Context triple: [Sybil Thorndike, sibling, Russell Thorndike]
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A.
Israel Thorndike
Israel Thorndike was an influential early American merchant, financier, and politician who played a major role in New England’s commercial and industrial development.
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B.
Frederick B. Bartlett
Frederick B. Bartlett is a Christian cleric who served as a bishop in the Episcopal Church, overseeing the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota.
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C.
Charles Gabriel Seligman
Charles Gabriel Seligman was a British physician-turned-anthropologist known for his influential early fieldwork in Africa and the Pacific and for helping establish social anthropology as an academic discipline in the early 20th century.
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D.
Edward L. Thorndike
Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
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E.
Hugo Münsterberg
Hugo Münsterberg was a pioneering German-American psychologist known for his influential work in applied psychology, including industrial, clinical, and forensic psychology.
- 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: Russell Thorndike Triple: [Sybil Thorndike, sibling, Russell Thorndike]
Generated description
Russell Thorndike was an English actor and novelist best known for creating the popular "Doctor Syn" series of historical adventure novels.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell Thorndike Target entity description: Russell Thorndike was an English actor and novelist best known for creating the popular "Doctor Syn" series of historical adventure novels.
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A.
Israel Thorndike
Israel Thorndike was an influential early American merchant, financier, and politician who played a major role in New England’s commercial and industrial development.
-
B.
Frederick B. Bartlett
Frederick B. Bartlett is a Christian cleric who served as a bishop in the Episcopal Church, overseeing the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota.
-
C.
Charles Gabriel Seligman
Charles Gabriel Seligman was a British physician-turned-anthropologist known for his influential early fieldwork in Africa and the Pacific and for helping establish social anthropology as an academic discipline in the early 20th century.
-
D.
Edward L. Thorndike
Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
-
E.
Hugo Münsterberg
Hugo Münsterberg was a pioneering German-American psychologist known for his influential work in applied psychology, including industrial, clinical, and forensic psychology.
- 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_69d6ada0640c81908c061d7fb3d47786 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94d6efd748190a5d9396a343e41e1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f634933b9881909fd592ede7c3e49c |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6356c21908190b34d1324da8f8052 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f63693f5c881909a9683a0c6a68739 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m.