Triple
T16470035
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lancaster and Carlisle Railway |
E400035
|
entity |
| Predicate | engineer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joseph Locke
Joseph Locke was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for designing and constructing major railway lines during the early development of the railway system in the United Kingdom.
|
E1215465
|
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: Joseph Locke | Statement: [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, engineer, Joseph Locke]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Locke Context triple: [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, engineer, Joseph Locke]
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A.
Lyndon Sims
Lyndon Sims is an individual notable primarily for bearing the given name "Lyndon."
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B.
Charles Smith
Charles Smith is an architect known for designing the HMAS Sydney II Memorial in Australia.
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C.
Charles Smith
Charles Smith is an American playwright known for his works exploring African American history and identity, and for his long association with the Playwrights Workshop at the University of Iowa.
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D.
John Louis
John Louis was a 17th-century German count from the House of Nassau who ruled the small principality of Nassau-Hadamar within the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Joseph Crawford
Joseph Crawford is the birth name of American actor Clayne Crawford, known for his roles in the TV series "Lethal Weapon" and films such as "A Walk to Remember."
- 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: Joseph Locke Triple: [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, engineer, Joseph Locke]
Generated description
Joseph Locke was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for designing and constructing major railway lines during the early development of the railway system in the United Kingdom.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Locke Target entity description: Joseph Locke was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for designing and constructing major railway lines during the early development of the railway system in the United Kingdom.
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A.
Lyndon Sims
Lyndon Sims is an individual notable primarily for bearing the given name "Lyndon."
-
B.
Charles Smith
Charles Smith is an architect known for designing the HMAS Sydney II Memorial in Australia.
-
C.
Charles Smith
Charles Smith is an American playwright known for his works exploring African American history and identity, and for his long association with the Playwrights Workshop at the University of Iowa.
-
D.
John Louis
John Louis was a 17th-century German count from the House of Nassau who ruled the small principality of Nassau-Hadamar within the Holy Roman Empire.
-
E.
Joseph Crawford
Joseph Crawford is the birth name of American actor Clayne Crawford, known for his roles in the TV series "Lethal Weapon" and films such as "A Walk to Remember."
- 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_69d87f2dac988190b74d6e185fa88ba4 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32dcfed6c8190b8dbe4b65b0ab817 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a004f5af4308190bd023624de35027f |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0050c5d4548190a674c1c19f08a9fd |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0051a7ae208190b33d42cc8d4bb21f |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:36 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:11 a.m.