Triple

T1667418
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herbert Spencer E36044 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object William George Spencer
William George Spencer was an English schoolteacher and nonconformist educator known for his progressive teaching methods and as the father of philosopher Herbert Spencer.
 E213932 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 George Spencer | Statement: [Herbert Spencer, father, William George Spencer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William George Spencer
Context triple: [Herbert Spencer, father, William George Spencer]
  • A. John Strange Spencer-Churchill
    John Strange Spencer-Churchill was a British Army officer and the younger brother of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, known for his military service and role within the prominent Spencer-Churchill family.
  • B. Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
    Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge was a British prince, military commander, and the tenth child of King George III who served as Viceroy of Hanover in the early 19th century.
  • C. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, was a 19th-century British royal prince and naval officer who became Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
  • D. Prince Albert, Duke of York
    Prince Albert, Duke of York was the second son of King George V who later became King George VI of the United Kingdom.
  • E. Fergus Bowes-Lyon
    Fergus Bowes-Lyon was a Scottish aristocrat and military officer from the Bowes-Lyon family, best known as a member of the extended British royal 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: William George Spencer
Triple: [Herbert Spencer, father, William George Spencer]
Generated description
William George Spencer was an English schoolteacher and nonconformist educator known for his progressive teaching methods and as the father of philosopher Herbert Spencer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William George Spencer
Target entity description: William George Spencer was an English schoolteacher and nonconformist educator known for his progressive teaching methods and as the father of philosopher Herbert Spencer.
  • A. John Strange Spencer-Churchill
    John Strange Spencer-Churchill was a British Army officer and the younger brother of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, known for his military service and role within the prominent Spencer-Churchill family.
  • B. Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
    Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge was a British prince, military commander, and the tenth child of King George III who served as Viceroy of Hanover in the early 19th century.
  • C. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, was a 19th-century British royal prince and naval officer who became Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
  • D. Prince Albert, Duke of York
    Prince Albert, Duke of York was the second son of King George V who later became King George VI of the United Kingdom.
  • E. Fergus Bowes-Lyon
    Fergus Bowes-Lyon was a Scottish aristocrat and military officer from the Bowes-Lyon family, best known as a member of the extended British royal family.
  • 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_69a8861286808190939afff3ce8ee31e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa62d1261481909a01c8fe4ff7500d completed March 6, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adeac637748190b67ddd9eedc3698d completed March 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeb503ec88190b8d0cb17bbb8f520 completed March 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adef13e030819086e9e8862198d859 completed March 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.