Triple
T1295136
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Smith Medal |
E27636
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Brian Windley
Brian Windley is a distinguished British geologist renowned for his contributions to the understanding of continental evolution and Precambrian geology.
|
E147406
|
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: Brian Windley | Statement: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Brian Windley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian Windley Context triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Brian Windley]
-
A.
Jon Lomberg
Jon Lomberg is an American space artist and science communicator best known for his close collaboration with Carl Sagan and his major role in designing the visual and artistic elements of NASA’s interstellar messages, including the Voyager Golden Record.
-
B.
John Bloom
John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
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C.
Michael Devine
Michael Devine was an Irish republican hunger striker and INLA member who died during the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike in Northern Ireland.
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D.
John Merrill
John Merrill was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential international architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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E.
Alan Heim
Alan Heim is an American film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on "All That Jazz" and his extensive collaborations with director Bob Fosse.
- 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: Brian Windley Triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Brian Windley]
Generated description
Brian Windley is a distinguished British geologist renowned for his contributions to the understanding of continental evolution and Precambrian geology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian Windley Target entity description: Brian Windley is a distinguished British geologist renowned for his contributions to the understanding of continental evolution and Precambrian geology.
-
A.
Jon Lomberg
Jon Lomberg is an American space artist and science communicator best known for his close collaboration with Carl Sagan and his major role in designing the visual and artistic elements of NASA’s interstellar messages, including the Voyager Golden Record.
-
B.
John Bloom
John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
-
C.
Michael Devine
Michael Devine was an Irish republican hunger striker and INLA member who died during the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike in Northern Ireland.
-
D.
John Merrill
John Merrill was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential international architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
-
E.
Alan Heim
Alan Heim is an American film editor best known for his Academy Award–winning work on "All That Jazz" and his extensive collaborations with director Bob Fosse.
- 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_69a496d6682881909ba658f1c1e0e2b0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c0f4031481908f5e3a53d8a72929 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acacc1e7948190a1ecd240c751d258 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acad6df8f08190bea3b43f15ef3a09 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:57 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acadd171b08190a5454e75babd39a3 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.