Triple

T18533892
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir John Willison E452911 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object John Stephen Willison
John Stephen Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his influential political commentary and leadership at major Toronto newspapers.
 E1328691 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 Stephen Willison | Statement: [Sir John Willison, name, John Stephen Willison]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Stephen Willison
Context triple: [Sir John Willison, name, John Stephen Willison]
  • A. Aaron Charles Wills
    Aaron Charles Wills, better known by his stage name P-Nut, is the bassist for the American rock band 311.
  • B. Ben Wilkinson
    Ben Wilkinson is a British poet, critic, and academic known for his contemporary poetry collections and contributions to literary journalism.
  • C. Christopher Wilkinson
    Christopher Wilkinson is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing acclaimed biographical films such as "Nixon" and "Ali."
  • D. James Wilby
    James Wilby is an English actor known for his roles in period dramas and acclaimed British films such as "Maurice" and "Howards End."
  • E. Daniel Henry Edward Williams
    Daniel Henry Edward Williams is the birth name of Danny Williams, a South African politician who served as Premier of the Western Cape.
  • 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 Stephen Willison
Triple: [Sir John Willison, name, John Stephen Willison]
Generated description
John Stephen Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his influential political commentary and leadership at major Toronto newspapers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Stephen Willison
Target entity description: John Stephen Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his influential political commentary and leadership at major Toronto newspapers.
  • A. Aaron Charles Wills
    Aaron Charles Wills, better known by his stage name P-Nut, is the bassist for the American rock band 311.
  • B. Ben Wilkinson
    Ben Wilkinson is a British poet, critic, and academic known for his contemporary poetry collections and contributions to literary journalism.
  • C. Christopher Wilkinson
    Christopher Wilkinson is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing acclaimed biographical films such as "Nixon" and "Ali."
  • D. James Wilby
    James Wilby is an English actor known for his roles in period dramas and acclaimed British films such as "Maurice" and "Howards End."
  • E. Daniel Henry Edward Williams
    Daniel Henry Edward Williams is the birth name of Danny Williams, a South African politician who served as Premier of the Western Cape.
  • 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_69d8d387b5548190aa030dad2cb4947e completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e53400d548819080b17f30b3ee7174 completed April 19, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a04917d2530819085469bde7a83c138 completed May 13, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0492594a248190941912120fb77acb completed May 13, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0492d4811c8190ad177b5d52aba66c completed May 13, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:37 a.m.