Triple
T1769732
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merton College, Oxford |
E38846
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter de Merton
Walter de Merton was a 13th-century English bishop and royal official best known for pioneering the collegiate system at Oxford University.
|
E199628
|
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: Walter de Merton | Statement: [Merton College, Oxford, foundedBy, Walter de Merton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter de Merton Context triple: [Merton College, Oxford, foundedBy, Walter de Merton]
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A.
John Fisher
John Fisher was an English Catholic bishop and cardinal renowned for his staunch opposition to Henry VIII’s break with Rome, for which he was executed and later canonized as a martyr.
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B.
Edmund Gonville
Edmund Gonville was a 14th-century English cleric and academic best known for establishing the college that later became Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge.
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C.
Bishop William Van Mildert
Bishop William Van Mildert was a 19th-century Anglican bishop and theologian, notable as the last Prince-Bishop of Durham and a key figure in the establishment of Durham University.
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D.
John Whitgift
John Whitgift was a 16th-century English archbishop of Canterbury known for his staunch defense of the Elizabethan religious settlement and opposition to Puritanism.
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E.
Simon Langton
Simon Langton is a British television director best known for his acclaimed work on period dramas and literary adaptations, including the 1995 BBC miniseries of "Pride and Prejudice."
- 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: Walter de Merton Triple: [Merton College, Oxford, foundedBy, Walter de Merton]
Generated description
Walter de Merton was a 13th-century English bishop and royal official best known for pioneering the collegiate system at Oxford University.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter de Merton Target entity description: Walter de Merton was a 13th-century English bishop and royal official best known for pioneering the collegiate system at Oxford University.
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A.
John Fisher
John Fisher was an English Catholic bishop and cardinal renowned for his staunch opposition to Henry VIII’s break with Rome, for which he was executed and later canonized as a martyr.
-
B.
Edmund Gonville
Edmund Gonville was a 14th-century English cleric and academic best known for establishing the college that later became Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge.
-
C.
Bishop William Van Mildert
Bishop William Van Mildert was a 19th-century Anglican bishop and theologian, notable as the last Prince-Bishop of Durham and a key figure in the establishment of Durham University.
-
D.
John Whitgift
John Whitgift was a 16th-century English archbishop of Canterbury known for his staunch defense of the Elizabethan religious settlement and opposition to Puritanism.
-
E.
Simon Langton
Simon Langton is a British television director best known for his acclaimed work on period dramas and literary adaptations, including the 1995 BBC miniseries of "Pride and Prejudice."
- 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_69a8862e61708190af97b9838cc3f5de |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa648eb9488190b1be2d2b6d259634 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada9936f5881909b78bda48039916a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adae9845f081908904030f7a10df63 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adafa3494c8190b34a6930cf38ca40 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.