Triple

T15111162
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harkness E360913 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Harkness
William Harkness was an American astronomer and mathematician known for his work with the U.S. Naval Observatory and contributions to solar eclipse observations and nautical astronomy.
E1288199 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: William Harkness | Statement: [Harkness, hasNotableBearer, William Harkness]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Harkness
Context triple: [Harkness, hasNotableBearer, William Harkness]
  • A. George A. Hockham
    George A. Hockham was a British electrical engineer and physicist best known as a co-inventor of the optical fiber for telecommunications.
  • B. George Washington Hockley
    George Washington Hockley was a 19th-century Texas military officer and statesman who served as Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas.
  • C. George Holbrook
    George Holbrook was an American clockmaker and bell founder known for producing church bells and tower clocks in the 19th century.
  • D. George Haight
    George Haight was a film producer active in early 20th-century American cinema, known for his work on projects such as "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle."
  • E. Herbert Hatch
    Herbert Hatch was an American printer and designer best known for establishing the iconic Nashville letterpress shop Hatch Show Print, renowned for its bold concert and advertising posters.
  • 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: William Harkness
Triple: [Harkness, hasNotableBearer, William Harkness]
Generated description
William Harkness was an American astronomer and mathematician known for his work with the U.S. Naval Observatory and contributions to solar eclipse observations and nautical astronomy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Harkness
Target entity description: William Harkness was an American astronomer and mathematician known for his work with the U.S. Naval Observatory and contributions to solar eclipse observations and nautical astronomy.
  • A. George A. Hockham
    George A. Hockham was a British electrical engineer and physicist best known as a co-inventor of the optical fiber for telecommunications.
  • B. George Washington Hockley
    George Washington Hockley was a 19th-century Texas military officer and statesman who served as Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas.
  • C. George Holbrook
    George Holbrook was an American clockmaker and bell founder known for producing church bells and tower clocks in the 19th century.
  • D. George Haight
    George Haight was a film producer active in early 20th-century American cinema, known for his work on projects such as "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle."
  • E. Herbert Hatch
    Herbert Hatch was an American printer and designer best known for establishing the iconic Nashville letterpress shop Hatch Show Print, renowned for its bold concert and advertising posters.
  • 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_69d85a0491ec8190830960be8fafb994 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0058c04f481909deeac0271d961b6 completed April 15, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a02f81d640081908917144f31227edd completed May 12, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a02f8ca36588190a1d5de8494777d61 completed May 12, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a02f9de0ae48190816002a5d32718a1 completed May 12, 2026, 9:58 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:05 a.m.