Triple

T173517
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hancock E3527 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Graham Hancock
Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist best known for his controversial theories about ancient civilizations, lost advanced cultures, and alternative interpretations of archaeological evidence.
E21716 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: Graham Hancock | Statement: [Hancock, hasNotableBearer, Graham Hancock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Graham Hancock
Context triple: [Hancock, hasNotableBearer, Graham Hancock]
  • A. David C. Acheson
    David C. Acheson is an American lawyer and former government official who served on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • B. Joe Nickell
    Joe Nickell is an American investigator and author best known for his skeptical examinations of paranormal, religious, and historical claims.
  • C. Jared Diamond
    Jared Diamond is an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his influential, interdisciplinary books on human societies, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
  • D. Susan Blackmore
    Susan Blackmore is a British psychologist, writer, and skeptic best known for her work on consciousness, memes, and the scientific investigation of paranormal claims.
  • E. Dorion Sagan
    Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • 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: Graham Hancock
Triple: [Hancock, hasNotableBearer, Graham Hancock]
Generated description
Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist best known for his controversial theories about ancient civilizations, lost advanced cultures, and alternative interpretations of archaeological evidence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Graham Hancock
Target entity description: Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist best known for his controversial theories about ancient civilizations, lost advanced cultures, and alternative interpretations of archaeological evidence.
  • A. David C. Acheson
    David C. Acheson is an American lawyer and former government official who served on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • B. Joe Nickell
    Joe Nickell is an American investigator and author best known for his skeptical examinations of paranormal, religious, and historical claims.
  • C. Jared Diamond
    Jared Diamond is an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his influential, interdisciplinary books on human societies, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
  • D. Susan Blackmore
    Susan Blackmore is a British psychologist, writer, and skeptic best known for her work on consciousness, memes, and the scientific investigation of paranormal claims.
  • E. Dorion Sagan
    Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
  • 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_69a25374990081909766d30c79a18e0e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a258e1ec008190a89dd452f72574f4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2e7e38b8881908c5030f7c9553aff completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2e8f4bc508190bbf7f46ba45a0bfb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2e9dfe0ac8190a48809a28fa0c8bd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:39 a.m.