Triple

T1540336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Forth Bridge E32850 entity
Predicate engineer P184 FINISHED
Object William Arrol
William Arrol was a prominent Scottish civil engineer and bridge builder renowned for leading the construction of major late-19th-century steel structures, including iconic railway bridges in the United Kingdom.
E176709 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 Arrol | Statement: [Forth Bridge, engineer, William Arrol]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Arrol
Context triple: [Forth Bridge, engineer, William Arrol]
  • A. Charles L. Parsons
    Charles L. Parsons was an American chemist and longtime American Chemical Society leader recognized for his significant contributions to the chemical profession.
  • B. Henry Royce
    Henry Royce was a pioneering British engineer and car designer best known for co-founding the luxury automobile and aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce.
  • C. William Armstrong
    William Armstrong is a common name shared by several notable individuals, including engineers, politicians, and athletes, whose specific identity depends on the context in which the name appears.
  • D. George Ivatt
    George Ivatt was a British railway engineer best known for designing some of the last steam and early diesel locomotives for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its nationalised successor, British Railways.
  • E. Henry Stephenson
    Henry Stephenson was a British character actor known for his dignified, often aristocratic roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • 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 Arrol
Triple: [Forth Bridge, engineer, William Arrol]
Generated description
William Arrol was a prominent Scottish civil engineer and bridge builder renowned for leading the construction of major late-19th-century steel structures, including iconic railway bridges in the United Kingdom.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Arrol
Target entity description: William Arrol was a prominent Scottish civil engineer and bridge builder renowned for leading the construction of major late-19th-century steel structures, including iconic railway bridges in the United Kingdom.
  • A. Charles L. Parsons
    Charles L. Parsons was an American chemist and longtime American Chemical Society leader recognized for his significant contributions to the chemical profession.
  • B. Henry Royce
    Henry Royce was a pioneering British engineer and car designer best known for co-founding the luxury automobile and aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce.
  • C. William Armstrong
    William Armstrong is a common name shared by several notable individuals, including engineers, politicians, and athletes, whose specific identity depends on the context in which the name appears.
  • D. George Ivatt
    George Ivatt was a British railway engineer best known for designing some of the last steam and early diesel locomotives for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its nationalised successor, British Railways.
  • E. Henry Stephenson
    Henry Stephenson was a British character actor known for his dignified, often aristocratic roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • 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_69a885ed29088190a3c2d5a3d100c16e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a9083c942481909168394b6674d82b completed March 5, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad30997d408190916f16d31bcc35b4 completed March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad31167b748190bbb73d7369570ada completed March 8, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad31b5ce308190ba34123a4c8b8188 completed March 8, 2026, 8:22 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.