Triple

T16866021
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philip Francis Nowlan E410038 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Nowlan
Nowlan is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across literature, politics, and other fields.
 E1236917 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: Nowlan | Statement: [Philip Francis Nowlan, familyName, Nowlan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nowlan
Context triple: [Philip Francis Nowlan, familyName, Nowlan]
  • A. Wilburn
    Wilburn is a masculine given name and surname of English origin, historically derived from Old English elements meaning "will" or "desire" and "stream" or "brook."
  • B. Hielan’ Laddie
    Hielan’ Laddie is a traditional Scottish pipe tune widely known as a military march, particularly associated with Highland regiments.
  • C. Tharpe
    Tharpe is a surname, often a variant of "Tharp," associated with several notable individuals in fields such as music and sports.
  • D. Delmore
    Delmore is a masculine given name most notably associated with the American poet and short story writer Delmore Schwartz.
  • E. Glennie
    Glennie is a Scottish surname most notably borne by Dame Evelyn Glennie, the renowned virtuoso percussionist.
  • 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: Nowlan
Triple: [Philip Francis Nowlan, familyName, Nowlan]
Generated description
Nowlan is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across literature, politics, and other fields.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nowlan
Target entity description: Nowlan is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across literature, politics, and other fields.
  • A. Wilburn
    Wilburn is a masculine given name and surname of English origin, historically derived from Old English elements meaning "will" or "desire" and "stream" or "brook."
  • B. Hielan’ Laddie
    Hielan’ Laddie is a traditional Scottish pipe tune widely known as a military march, particularly associated with Highland regiments.
  • C. Tharpe
    Tharpe is a surname, often a variant of "Tharp," associated with several notable individuals in fields such as music and sports.
  • D. Delmore
    Delmore is a masculine given name most notably associated with the American poet and short story writer Delmore Schwartz.
  • E. Glennie
    Glennie is a Scottish surname most notably borne by Dame Evelyn Glennie, the renowned virtuoso percussionist.
  • 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_69d88395e6c88190b22730f335107c14 completed April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b5088f208190abfe937633ebe3fe completed April 18, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00bb2a62f48190b9174e85e6e1b7bd completed May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00bbd9260c8190be29ee8cb3e05f2c completed May 10, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00bc633abc8190a86808986ba294ec completed May 10, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:24 a.m.