Triple

T19587765
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject African Association E470147 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object George Johnstone
George Johnstone was a historical figure known for his role in establishing the African Association, an organization dedicated to exploring and promoting knowledge about Africa.
E1385602 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: George Johnstone | Statement: [African Association, foundedBy, George Johnstone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Johnstone
Context triple: [African Association, foundedBy, George Johnstone]
  • A. George Johnstone
    George Johnstone was an 18th-century British naval officer and colonial administrator who played a key role in governing British territories in North America.
  • B. William Johnstone
    William Johnstone was a Scottish painter and influential modernist associated with the Scottish Renaissance, known for his abstract landscapes and role in art education.
  • C. Sir William Lockhart
    Sir William Lockhart was a British Indian Army general best known for leading major frontier campaigns on the North-West Frontier of India in the late 19th century.
  • D. Mountstuart Elphinstone
    Mountstuart Elphinstone was a prominent early 19th-century British colonial administrator and historian noted for his influential role in governing and reforming British India.
  • E. Robert Craufurd
    Robert Craufurd was a distinguished British Army officer of the Napoleonic Wars, best known for leading the elite Light Division in the Peninsular Campaign.
  • 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: George Johnstone
Triple: [African Association, foundedBy, George Johnstone]
Generated description
George Johnstone was a historical figure known for his role in establishing the African Association, an organization dedicated to exploring and promoting knowledge about Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Johnstone
Target entity description: George Johnstone was a historical figure known for his role in establishing the African Association, an organization dedicated to exploring and promoting knowledge about Africa.
  • A. George Johnstone
    George Johnstone was an 18th-century British naval officer and colonial administrator who played a key role in governing British territories in North America.
  • B. William Johnstone
    William Johnstone was a Scottish painter and influential modernist associated with the Scottish Renaissance, known for his abstract landscapes and role in art education.
  • C. Sir William Lockhart
    Sir William Lockhart was a British Indian Army general best known for leading major frontier campaigns on the North-West Frontier of India in the late 19th century.
  • D. Mountstuart Elphinstone
    Mountstuart Elphinstone was a prominent early 19th-century British colonial administrator and historian noted for his influential role in governing and reforming British India.
  • E. Robert Craufurd
    Robert Craufurd was a distinguished British Army officer of the Napoleonic Wars, best known for leading the elite Light Division in the Peninsular Campaign.
  • 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_69d8e510024481908415c0d616fa6186 completed April 10, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e64052f61c81908bb49927d4246030 completed April 20, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a075f12fe008190bf2aaf7c63c44467 completed May 15, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0760583b588190b8f648acc26bc1ae completed May 15, 2026, 6:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0761223cc081908e08a33eda54d222 completed May 15, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:43 p.m.