Triple

T18271649
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject European scholastic optics E437628 entity
Predicate majorFigure P1183 FINISHED
Object John Pecham
John Pecham was a 13th-century Franciscan theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury renowned for his influential contributions to medieval scholastic optics.
 E1349706 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: John Pecham | Statement: [European scholastic optics, majorFigure, John Pecham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Pecham
Context triple: [European scholastic optics, majorFigure, John Pecham]
  • A. Charles Poots
    Charles Poots was a Northern Irish Unionist politician known for his long service in local and regional government and as the father of DUP politician Edwin Poots.
  • B. William Lochren
    William Lochren was a 19th-century American jurist who served as a United States federal judge.
  • C. William Froug
    William Froug was an American television producer, writer, and educator best known for his work on classic series such as The Twilight Zone.
  • D. Robert Marnock
    Robert Marnock was a prominent 19th-century English landscape gardener known for his influential work on public parks and gardens across Britain.
  • E. John Philbin
    John Philbin is an American actor and accomplished surfer best known for his roles in surf-themed films such as "North Shore" and the action crime film "Point Break."
  • 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: John Pecham
Triple: [European scholastic optics, majorFigure, John Pecham]
Generated description
John Pecham was a 13th-century Franciscan theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury renowned for his influential contributions to medieval scholastic optics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Pecham
Target entity description: John Pecham was a 13th-century Franciscan theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury renowned for his influential contributions to medieval scholastic optics.
  • A. Charles Poots
    Charles Poots was a Northern Irish Unionist politician known for his long service in local and regional government and as the father of DUP politician Edwin Poots.
  • B. William Lochren
    William Lochren was a 19th-century American jurist who served as a United States federal judge.
  • C. William Froug
    William Froug was an American television producer, writer, and educator best known for his work on classic series such as The Twilight Zone.
  • D. Robert Marnock
    Robert Marnock was a prominent 19th-century English landscape gardener known for his influential work on public parks and gardens across Britain.
  • E. John Philbin
    John Philbin is an American actor and accomplished surfer best known for his roles in surf-themed films such as "North Shore" and the action crime film "Point Break."
  • 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_69d8b913351c8190932b6a426de04b41 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ff7e00548190a28916a696831336 completed April 19, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0590f7ebf88190a2f54fe547631174 completed May 14, 2026, 9:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0594daef208190b6a972c0cc6c8b1b completed May 14, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0595485b64819081169766ad8971a6 completed May 14, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:34 a.m.