Triple

T1735669
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burnaby E37913 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Robert Burnaby
Robert Burnaby was a 19th-century British-born merchant and politician in colonial British Columbia, after whom the Canadian city of Burnaby is named.
 E195348 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: Robert Burnaby | Statement: [Burnaby, namedAfter, Robert Burnaby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Burnaby
Context triple: [Burnaby, namedAfter, Robert Burnaby]
  • A. Julius Lankershim
    Julius Lankershim was a prominent 19th-century Los Angeles landowner and developer whose holdings and influence helped shape early Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
  • B. Richard Bancroft
    Richard Bancroft was an influential English churchman and Archbishop of Canterbury who played a key role in overseeing the production of the King James Bible.
  • C. Edmund Reggie
    Edmund Reggie was an American judge, banker, and influential Louisiana political figure known for his close ties to the Kennedy family.
  • D. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • E. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • 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: Robert Burnaby
Triple: [Burnaby, namedAfter, Robert Burnaby]
Generated description
Robert Burnaby was a 19th-century British-born merchant and politician in colonial British Columbia, after whom the Canadian city of Burnaby is named.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Burnaby
Target entity description: Robert Burnaby was a 19th-century British-born merchant and politician in colonial British Columbia, after whom the Canadian city of Burnaby is named.
  • A. Julius Lankershim
    Julius Lankershim was a prominent 19th-century Los Angeles landowner and developer whose holdings and influence helped shape early Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
  • B. Richard Bancroft
    Richard Bancroft was an influential English churchman and Archbishop of Canterbury who played a key role in overseeing the production of the King James Bible.
  • C. Edmund Reggie
    Edmund Reggie was an American judge, banker, and influential Louisiana political figure known for his close ties to the Kennedy family.
  • D. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • E. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • 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_69a8861cc6ac8190ac0b2e31ccf62851 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa63a369048190bae352573f5082f1 completed March 6, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada0d999148190a889f761af05f431 completed March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ada207c50881909729bf565c2af9dd completed March 8, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ada2c607fc819089d276ae9eca82a4 completed March 8, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.