Triple

T18299306
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian Barbour E438312 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Ian Graeme Barbour
Ian Graeme Barbour was an influential American theologian and physicist known for pioneering the contemporary dialogue between science and religion.
E1336091 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: Ian Graeme Barbour | Statement: [Ian Barbour, fullName, Ian Graeme Barbour]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Graeme Barbour
Context triple: [Ian Barbour, fullName, Ian Graeme Barbour]
  • A. Ian Murray
    Ian Murray is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Edinburgh South constituency.
  • B. Andrew McMillan
    Andrew McMillan is a software developer and open-source contributor known for his work on email and groupware technologies, particularly with the Kolab groupware server.
  • C. Ian McDougall
    Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
  • D. Andrew Laidlaw
    Andrew Laidlaw is a musician best known as a member of the American indie rock band Rogue Wave.
  • E. John Moir
    John Moir was a standout college basketball player best known for being the inaugural recipient of the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player award.
  • 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: Ian Graeme Barbour
Triple: [Ian Barbour, fullName, Ian Graeme Barbour]
Generated description
Ian Graeme Barbour was an influential American theologian and physicist known for pioneering the contemporary dialogue between science and religion.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Graeme Barbour
Target entity description: Ian Graeme Barbour was an influential American theologian and physicist known for pioneering the contemporary dialogue between science and religion.
  • A. Ian Murray
    Ian Murray is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Edinburgh South constituency.
  • B. Andrew McMillan
    Andrew McMillan is a software developer and open-source contributor known for his work on email and groupware technologies, particularly with the Kolab groupware server.
  • C. Ian McDougall
    Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
  • D. Andrew Laidlaw
    Andrew Laidlaw is a musician best known as a member of the American indie rock band Rogue Wave.
  • E. John Moir
    John Moir was a standout college basketball player best known for being the inaugural recipient of the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player award.
  • 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_69d8b915e3e881909125d760c15d0c29 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5017d96588190ac1e326803142976 completed April 19, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a051703a7c08190abb9c7387191971b completed May 14, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05185f550081909a284d833f992da4 completed May 14, 2026, 12:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05190b081481909af7b7aec70d9646 completed May 14, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.