Triple
T16470036
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lancaster and Carlisle Railway |
E400035
|
entity |
| Predicate | engineer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Budden
William Budden was a 19th-century engineer known for his work on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in England.
|
E1223735
|
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 Budden | Statement: [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, engineer, William Budden]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Budden Context triple: [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, engineer, William Budden]
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A.
George Burrows
George Burrows was a British Army officer best known for leading Anglo-Indian forces during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, particularly in the ill-fated 1880 Battle of Maiwand.
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B.
John Butterfield
John Butterfield was a 19th-century American businessman and transportation pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and for developing early stagecoach and express services.
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C.
Henry Beadman Bryant
Henry Beadman Bryant was a 19th-century American educator and co-founder of the Bryant & Stratton chain of business colleges, known for pioneering practical commercial education.
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D.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
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E.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
- 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 Budden Triple: [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, engineer, William Budden]
Generated description
William Budden was a 19th-century engineer known for his work on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in England.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Budden Target entity description: William Budden was a 19th-century engineer known for his work on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in England.
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A.
George Burrows
George Burrows was a British Army officer best known for leading Anglo-Indian forces during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, particularly in the ill-fated 1880 Battle of Maiwand.
-
B.
John Butterfield
John Butterfield was a 19th-century American businessman and transportation pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and for developing early stagecoach and express services.
-
C.
Henry Beadman Bryant
Henry Beadman Bryant was a 19th-century American educator and co-founder of the Bryant & Stratton chain of business colleges, known for pioneering practical commercial education.
-
D.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
-
E.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
- 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_6a007d9e91f48190b83cefdd2b518082 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a007e6507208190b3f32c05a2f647bd |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a007f2cefa081908734a907da33a72f |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:50 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:11 a.m.