Triple

T15166336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alasdair Roberts (solo) E362351 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Roberts
Roberts is a common English and Welsh surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, entertainment, sports, and academia.
E938305 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: Roberts | Statement: [Alasdair Roberts (solo), familyName, Roberts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roberts
Context triple: [Alasdair Roberts (solo), familyName, Roberts]
  • A. John
    John Seigenthaler was an American journalist, editor, and civil rights advocate best known for his long tenure at The Tennessean and his work promoting First Amendment rights.
  • B. John
    John B. Magruder was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and his flamboyant personality.
  • C. John
    John is the given name of John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst, a prominent 19th-century British lawyer and Conservative politician who served three times as Lord Chancellor.
  • D. John
    John is the given name of John Hopfield, an American physicist and neuroscientist known for pioneering work on Hopfield networks in artificial intelligence.
  • E. John
    John is the given first name of Jack Northrop, the pioneering American aircraft industrialist and designer.
  • 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: Roberts
Triple: [Alasdair Roberts (solo), familyName, Roberts]
Generated description
Roberts is a common English and Welsh surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, entertainment, sports, and academia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roberts
Target entity description: Roberts is a common English and Welsh surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, entertainment, sports, and academia.
  • A. Roberts
    Roberts is the maiden surname of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • B. Roberts
    Roberts is the territorial designation associated with British Army commander Earl Roberts, a prominent military figure of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Roberts chosen
    Roberts is a common English and Welsh surname derived from the given name Robert, borne by numerous notable individuals across various fields.
  • D. John
    John Seigenthaler was an American journalist, editor, and civil rights advocate best known for his long tenure at The Tennessean and his work promoting First Amendment rights.
  • E. John
    John B. Magruder was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and his flamboyant personality.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d85a087b7c81908baa94a53dac8d68 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0064c6244819085daf8e1eafdf3f2 completed April 15, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fec887fbf08190b42dd25a99b7770d completed May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fec974f39c819081dcec5c18090cf7 completed May 9, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feca9d1a5c8190b0c649f83a74231b completed May 9, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.