Triple

T16388461
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ranulf le Meschin E397984 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Ranulf de Gernon
Ranulf de Gernon was a powerful 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and 4th Earl of Chester, noted for his shifting allegiances and major role in the civil war known as The Anarchy during King Stephen’s reign.
E397984 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: Ranulf de Gernon | Statement: [Ranulf le Meschin, successor, Ranulf de Gernon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ranulf de Gernon
Context triple: [Ranulf le Meschin, successor, Ranulf de Gernon]
  • A. Ranulf le Meschin
    Ranulf le Meschin was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader of the early 12th century who became Earl of Chester and played a key role in consolidating Norman control in northern England.
  • B. Ranulf de Soules
    Ranulf de Soules was a prominent medieval Scottish noble and royal official, best known as a leading member of the influential de Soulis family.
  • C. William de Valognes
    William de Valognes was a medieval Scottish noble and royal official known for his role in the administration of the Scottish kingdom and his patronage of religious institutions.
  • D. William d'Aubigny
    William d'Aubigny was a 13th-century English nobleman and rebel baron who played a prominent role in the conflicts against King John, including the events surrounding the siege of Rochester Castle.
  • E. William d’Aubigny Pincerna
    William d’Aubigny Pincerna was a prominent Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal butler under King Henry I of England, known as the progenitor of an influential aristocratic family.
  • 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: Ranulf de Gernon
Triple: [Ranulf le Meschin, successor, Ranulf de Gernon]
Generated description
Ranulf de Gernon was a powerful 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and 4th Earl of Chester, noted for his shifting allegiances and major role in the civil war known as The Anarchy during King Stephen’s reign.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ranulf de Gernon
Target entity description: Ranulf de Gernon was a powerful 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and 4th Earl of Chester, noted for his shifting allegiances and major role in the civil war known as The Anarchy during King Stephen’s reign.
  • A. Ranulf le Meschin chosen
    Ranulf le Meschin was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader of the early 12th century who became Earl of Chester and played a key role in consolidating Norman control in northern England.
  • B. Ranulf de Soules
    Ranulf de Soules was a prominent medieval Scottish noble and royal official, best known as a leading member of the influential de Soulis family.
  • C. William de Valognes
    William de Valognes was a medieval Scottish noble and royal official known for his role in the administration of the Scottish kingdom and his patronage of religious institutions.
  • D. William d'Aubigny
    William d'Aubigny was a 13th-century English nobleman and rebel baron who played a prominent role in the conflicts against King John, including the events surrounding the siege of Rochester Castle.
  • E. William d’Aubigny Pincerna
    William d’Aubigny Pincerna was a prominent Anglo-Norman nobleman and royal butler under King Henry I of England, known as the progenitor of an influential aristocratic family.
  • 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_69d87f2880b48190ae1a9673a3bbef80 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3263f18988190800b921381d60c1b completed April 18, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00580fec0c8190b7fb73dbc637fb61 completed May 10, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a005d6bf5b8819094802c963370bd61 completed May 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a005de0c70c8190b71c89c2f36695b3 completed May 10, 2026, 10:28 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:08 a.m.