Triple

T1890773
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Knox E41868 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Robert Knox
Robert Knox was a 17th-century English sailor and writer best known for his detailed account of being held captive for nearly 20 years in Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka).
E213282 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 Knox | Statement: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, Robert Knox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Knox
Context triple: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, Robert Knox]
  • A. William Wallace Daniel
    William Wallace Daniel was the son of American journalist and former New York Times managing editor Clifton Daniel and his wife, former First Lady Bess Truman's daughter Margaret Truman.
  • B. John Scott
    John Scott was a notable historical figure whose legacy is honored through the John Scott Medal, an award recognizing significant contributions to science and the useful arts.
  • C. Donald Finlay
    Donald Finlay was a British hurdler and Royal Air Force officer who twice medaled in the Olympic 110m hurdles and later took the athletes' oath at the 1948 London Games.
  • D. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • E. Ewen MacIntosh
    Ewen MacIntosh is a British actor and comedian best known for playing the deadpan accountant Keith Bishop in the original UK version of "The Office."
  • 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 Knox
Triple: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, Robert Knox]
Generated description
Robert Knox was a 17th-century English sailor and writer best known for his detailed account of being held captive for nearly 20 years in Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Knox
Target entity description: Robert Knox was a 17th-century English sailor and writer best known for his detailed account of being held captive for nearly 20 years in Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka).
  • A. William Wallace Daniel
    William Wallace Daniel was the son of American journalist and former New York Times managing editor Clifton Daniel and his wife, former First Lady Bess Truman's daughter Margaret Truman.
  • B. John Scott
    John Scott was a notable historical figure whose legacy is honored through the John Scott Medal, an award recognizing significant contributions to science and the useful arts.
  • C. Donald Finlay
    Donald Finlay was a British hurdler and Royal Air Force officer who twice medaled in the Olympic 110m hurdles and later took the athletes' oath at the 1948 London Games.
  • D. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • E. Ewen MacIntosh
    Ewen MacIntosh is a British actor and comedian best known for playing the deadpan accountant Keith Bishop in the original UK version of "The Office."
  • 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_69a8864b6de0819098d089f6a1b910a7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb14475448190b291ada3454bf98b completed March 7, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adeae81e4c8190bf480215a8a33630 completed March 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adecb9e9508190baefd8cdc99db150 completed March 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aded18a34c8190b32c8e55436de805 completed March 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.