Triple

T16142992
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Preston Brooks E391708 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Preston
Preston is a masculine given name of English origin that has been used both as a first name and a surname.
 E348091 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: Preston | Statement: [Preston Brooks, givenName, Preston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Preston
Context triple: [Preston Brooks, givenName, Preston]
  • A. Preston
    Preston is a historic industrial city in Lancashire, England, known for its role in the Industrial Revolution and its status as a major urban center in the North West.
  • B. Preston
    Preston is a locality within the Dover District of Kent, England, known as a small rural village community.
  • C. Preston
    Preston is a suburb in Melbourne, Australia, served by its own railway station on the metropolitan train network.
  • D. Preston
    Preston is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, known historically for its association with the nearby town of Prestonpans and its role in the region’s agricultural and industrial development.
  • E. Preston
    Preston is a historic community and former town that now serves as one of the main neighbourhoods within the city of Cambridge, Ontario.
  • 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: Preston
Triple: [Preston Brooks, givenName, Preston]
Generated description
Preston is a masculine given name of English origin that has been used both as a first name and a surname.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Preston
Target entity description: Preston is a masculine given name of English origin that has been used both as a first name and a surname.
  • A. Preston chosen
    Preston is a masculine given name of English origin that has been used both as a first name and a surname.
  • B. Preston
    Preston is a historic industrial city in Lancashire, England, known for its role in the Industrial Revolution and its status as a major urban center in the North West.
  • C. Preston
    Preston is a residential area and suburb within the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside in North East England.
  • D. Preston
    Preston is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, known historically for its association with the nearby town of Prestonpans and its role in the region’s agricultural and industrial development.
  • E. Preston
    Preston is a locality within the Dover District of Kent, England, known as a small rural village community.
  • 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_69d87f1c65e48190aa2b4c472e9bafc4 completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e21d91925c81909839a4e2f189d23b completed April 17, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fff2b9322c8190a773681679f9ad79 completed May 10, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fff39371648190b3f694df00ff4f3e completed May 10, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fff47a52cc8190b0ad7c37ea444159 completed May 10, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:01 a.m.