Triple

T18081825
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ferdinand E432708 entity
Predicate basedOnIllustrator P9707 FINISHED
Object Robert Lawson
Robert Lawson was an American author and illustrator best known for his distinctive pen-and-ink artwork in classic children's books such as "The Story of Ferdinand."
E1305774 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 Lawson | Statement: [Ferdinand, basedOnIllustrator, Robert Lawson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Lawson
Context triple: [Ferdinand, basedOnIllustrator, Robert Lawson]
  • A. Robert Lawson
    Robert Lawson was a prominent 19th-century Scottish-born architect in New Zealand, best known for designing many notable churches and public buildings in Dunedin and across Otago.
  • B. Wilfrid Lawson
    Wilfrid Lawson was a British character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and memorable performances in stage and film productions during the early to mid-20th century.
  • C. Ernest Lawson
    Ernest Lawson was a Canadian-American painter associated with American Impressionism, known for his atmospheric urban and landscape scenes.
  • D. Gilbert Lawson
    Gilbert Lawson is a character from the TV series "Community," known as Pierce Hawthorne's intelligent and long-estranged half-brother.
  • E. Charles Lawson
    Charles Lawson is a botanist noted for his taxonomic work that formally described the Ponderosa pine.
  • 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 Lawson
Triple: [Ferdinand, basedOnIllustrator, Robert Lawson]
Generated description
Robert Lawson was an American author and illustrator best known for his distinctive pen-and-ink artwork in classic children's books such as "The Story of Ferdinand."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Lawson
Target entity description: Robert Lawson was an American author and illustrator best known for his distinctive pen-and-ink artwork in classic children's books such as "The Story of Ferdinand."
  • A. Robert Lawson
    Robert Lawson was a prominent 19th-century Scottish-born architect in New Zealand, best known for designing many notable churches and public buildings in Dunedin and across Otago.
  • B. Wilfrid Lawson
    Wilfrid Lawson was a British character actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and memorable performances in stage and film productions during the early to mid-20th century.
  • C. Ernest Lawson
    Ernest Lawson was a Canadian-American painter associated with American Impressionism, known for his atmospheric urban and landscape scenes.
  • D. Gilbert Lawson
    Gilbert Lawson is a character from the TV series "Community," known as Pierce Hawthorne's intelligent and long-estranged half-brother.
  • E. Charles Lawson
    Charles Lawson is a botanist noted for his taxonomic work that formally described the Ponderosa pine.
  • 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_69d8b907d05c819083cc3bd6021089e6 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4d9fb42888190919fe711a281bd7c completed April 19, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a035d8d4ab881909b2ebe0b933e3b97 completed May 12, 2026, 5:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0360cc5d648190bd7d7d756f662046 completed May 12, 2026, 5:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03616317548190a09b0df1c9d6d303 completed May 12, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:27 a.m.