Triple

T1295140
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Smith Medal E27636 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object John Underhill
John Underhill is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, for which he received the prestigious William Smith Medal.
E158054 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 Underhill | Statement: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, John Underhill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Underhill
Context triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, John Underhill]
  • A. John Underhill
    John Underhill was a 17th-century English colonial soldier and militia leader in New England, known for his prominent and controversial role in early Native American conflicts.
  • B. Hugo Carmody
    Hugo Carmody is a charming, somewhat hapless young gentleman from P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, often embroiled in romantic entanglements and comic misadventures.
  • C. Frederick Sykes
    Frederick Sykes was a British military officer and air power pioneer who served as an early leader of the Royal Flying Corps and later became Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Air Force.
  • D. John Hudson
    John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
  • E. Roland Caulder
    Roland Caulder is an actor known for his role in the film "The Iron Mask."
  • 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 Underhill
Triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, John Underhill]
Generated description
John Underhill is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, for which he received the prestigious William Smith Medal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Underhill
Target entity description: John Underhill is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, for which he received the prestigious William Smith Medal.
  • A. John Underhill
    John Underhill was a 17th-century English colonial soldier and militia leader in New England, known for his prominent and controversial role in early Native American conflicts.
  • B. Hugo Carmody
    Hugo Carmody is a charming, somewhat hapless young gentleman from P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, often embroiled in romantic entanglements and comic misadventures.
  • C. Frederick Sykes
    Frederick Sykes was a British military officer and air power pioneer who served as an early leader of the Royal Flying Corps and later became Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Air Force.
  • D. John Hudson
    John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
  • E. Roland Caulder
    Roland Caulder is an actor known for his role in the film "The Iron Mask."
  • 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_69acd4729af08190a6de5388dab69fee completed March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acd4efb73881908dda4973befc6aa5 completed March 8, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acd56ef0b081909df2efee97a4197c completed March 8, 2026, 1:48 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.