Triple

T1890779
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Knox E41868 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John W. Knox
John W. Knox is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Knox, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
E227626 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 W. Knox | Statement: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, John W. Knox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Knox
Context triple: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, John W. Knox]
  • A. John H. Knox
    John H. Knox is an American legal scholar and former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, known for his work advancing environmental human rights protections worldwide.
  • B. John Knox
    John Knox was a 16th-century Scottish Reformer and fiery preacher who led the establishment of Presbyterianism in Scotland and became one of the most influential figures of the Protestant Reformation.
  • C. John C. Knox
    John C. Knox was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
  • D. Samuel Rutherford
    Samuel Rutherford was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and political thinker best known for his influential work on church-state relations and his role in the Covenanter movement.
  • E. John Bradford
    John Bradford was the son of William Bradford, the longtime governor of Plymouth Colony and a key leader among the Pilgrims in early colonial New England.
  • 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 W. Knox
Triple: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, John W. Knox]
Generated description
John W. Knox is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Knox, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Knox
Target entity description: John W. Knox is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Knox, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • A. John H. Knox
    John H. Knox is an American legal scholar and former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, known for his work advancing environmental human rights protections worldwide.
  • B. John Knox
    John Knox was a 16th-century Scottish Reformer and fiery preacher who led the establishment of Presbyterianism in Scotland and became one of the most influential figures of the Protestant Reformation.
  • C. John C. Knox
    John C. Knox was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
  • D. Samuel Rutherford
    Samuel Rutherford was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and political thinker best known for his influential work on church-state relations and his role in the Covenanter movement.
  • E. John Bradford
    John Bradford was the son of William Bradford, the longtime governor of Plymouth Colony and a key leader among the Pilgrims in early colonial New England.
  • 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_69ae1fcb534881908415237d24b4d8b9 completed March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae204fe6148190915219beb27128bc completed March 9, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae20d09c748190aebbfb88f0eedbaa completed March 9, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.