Triple
T18319640
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | WS Atkins |
E438835
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Scammell Atkins
William Scammell Atkins was a British engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global engineering and design consultancy WS Atkins.
|
E1320565
|
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: William Scammell Atkins | Statement: [WS Atkins, foundedBy, William Scammell Atkins]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Scammell Atkins Context triple: [WS Atkins, foundedBy, William Scammell Atkins]
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A.
C. Clyde Atkins
C. Clyde Atkins was a United States federal judge known for his long service on the bench in Florida, particularly in civil rights and public interest cases.
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B.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
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C.
Theodore Carlton Schnebly
Theodore Carlton Schnebly was an early settler and postmaster in Arizona, best known for helping establish the town of Sedona, which was named after his wife, Sedona Schnebly.
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D.
Ralston Crawford
Ralston Crawford was an American painter and photographer known for his crisp, geometric depictions of industrial and urban scenes that made him a key figure in the Precisionist movement.
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E.
Otis Pike
Otis Pike was an American Democratic congressman from New York known for his leadership in investigating U.S. intelligence agencies during the 1970s.
- 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: William Scammell Atkins Triple: [WS Atkins, foundedBy, William Scammell Atkins]
Generated description
William Scammell Atkins was a British engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global engineering and design consultancy WS Atkins.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Scammell Atkins Target entity description: William Scammell Atkins was a British engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global engineering and design consultancy WS Atkins.
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A.
C. Clyde Atkins
C. Clyde Atkins was a United States federal judge known for his long service on the bench in Florida, particularly in civil rights and public interest cases.
-
B.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
-
C.
Theodore Carlton Schnebly
Theodore Carlton Schnebly was an early settler and postmaster in Arizona, best known for helping establish the town of Sedona, which was named after his wife, Sedona Schnebly.
-
D.
Ralston Crawford
Ralston Crawford was an American painter and photographer known for his crisp, geometric depictions of industrial and urban scenes that made him a key figure in the Precisionist movement.
-
E.
Otis Pike
Otis Pike was an American Democratic congressman from New York known for his leadership in investigating U.S. intelligence agencies during the 1970s.
- 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_69d8b916a2d081909e249e4902f6aad9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e50aa4d3308190883714e1ef6a1d84 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a03d7696fc481908e812003e681a514 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a03d7f2166881908068f21bdc4e32ba |
completed | May 13, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a03d862b9dc81909ac8ca5048c51b9c |
completed | May 13, 2026, 1:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:36 a.m.