Triple

T16278377
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Livingstone E395196 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object David N. Livingstone
David N. Livingstone is a Northern Irish historian and geographer known for his influential work on the historical geography of science and religion.
E1206051 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: David N. Livingstone | Statement: [Livingstone, hasNotableBearer, David N. Livingstone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David N. Livingstone
Context triple: [Livingstone, hasNotableBearer, David N. Livingstone]
  • A. David Livingstone
    David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.
  • B. David Livingstone
    David Livingstone is a British film producer known for acclaimed movies such as "Pride," "Judy," and "Last Christmas."
  • C. Charles Livingstone
    Charles Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer, and the brother and collaborator of David Livingstone, who documented their African travels and observations.
  • D. John Hanning Speke
    John Hanning Speke was a 19th-century British explorer best known for his expeditions in East Africa and for identifying Lake Victoria as the principal source of the Nile.
  • E. Henry Morton Stanley
    Henry Morton Stanley was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist best known for his expeditions in central Africa and his famous encounter with missionary David Livingstone.
  • 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: David N. Livingstone
Triple: [Livingstone, hasNotableBearer, David N. Livingstone]
Generated description
David N. Livingstone is a Northern Irish historian and geographer known for his influential work on the historical geography of science and religion.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David N. Livingstone
Target entity description: David N. Livingstone is a Northern Irish historian and geographer known for his influential work on the historical geography of science and religion.
  • A. David Livingstone
    David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.
  • B. David Livingstone
    David Livingstone is a British film producer known for acclaimed movies such as "Pride," "Judy," and "Last Christmas."
  • C. Charles Livingstone
    Charles Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer, and the brother and collaborator of David Livingstone, who documented their African travels and observations.
  • D. John Hanning Speke
    John Hanning Speke was a 19th-century British explorer best known for his expeditions in East Africa and for identifying Lake Victoria as the principal source of the Nile.
  • E. Henry Morton Stanley
    Henry Morton Stanley was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist best known for his expeditions in central Africa and his famous encounter with missionary David Livingstone.
  • 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_69d87f22c7248190a54c949738441e2e completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e2460f73648190b5c931f2ba2a09da completed April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a001f93240881909d0beaddc92f0ad5 completed May 10, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0021459c4081908e4c1d2e0bc8a5be completed May 10, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a002221fe7c819083c8ede5e63b0908 completed May 10, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:05 a.m.