Triple

T19587782
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject African Association E470147 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William Burke
William Burke was a historical figure known for his role in establishing the African Association, an organization focused on exploring and advancing knowledge about the African continent.
E1385609 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 Burke | Statement: [African Association, foundedBy, William Burke]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Burke
Context triple: [African Association, foundedBy, William Burke]
  • A. William Boone
    William Boone is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Boone.
  • B. Robert O'Hara Burke
    Robert O'Hara Burke was a 19th-century Irish-born Australian explorer best known for leading the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition across the Australian continent.
  • C. Charles McNaughton
    Charles McNaughton was a British actor active in the early 20th century, known for his character roles in films and on stage.
  • D. John Bellingham
    John Bellingham was a British merchant best known for assassinating Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in 1812, the only successful assassination of a British prime minister.
  • E. William Holmes
    William Holmes was a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1941 biographical war film "Sergeant York."
  • 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 Burke
Triple: [African Association, foundedBy, William Burke]
Generated description
William Burke was a historical figure known for his role in establishing the African Association, an organization focused on exploring and advancing knowledge about the African continent.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Burke
Target entity description: William Burke was a historical figure known for his role in establishing the African Association, an organization focused on exploring and advancing knowledge about the African continent.
  • A. William Boone
    William Boone is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Boone.
  • B. Robert O'Hara Burke
    Robert O'Hara Burke was a 19th-century Irish-born Australian explorer best known for leading the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition across the Australian continent.
  • C. Charles McNaughton
    Charles McNaughton was a British actor active in the early 20th century, known for his character roles in films and on stage.
  • D. John Bellingham
    John Bellingham was a British merchant best known for assassinating Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in 1812, the only successful assassination of a British prime minister.
  • E. William Holmes
    William Holmes was a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1941 biographical war film "Sergeant York."
  • 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.