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."
  • 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
  • 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.