Triple

T19587793
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject African Association E470147 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Hugh Clapperton
Hugh Clapperton was a Scottish naval officer and explorer best known for his early 19th-century expeditions into the interior of West Africa, particularly in the regions around the Niger River and present-day Nigeria.
E1385613 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: Hugh Clapperton | Statement: [African Association, notableMember, Hugh Clapperton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Clapperton
Context triple: [African Association, notableMember, Hugh Clapperton]
  • A. Everard des Barres
    Everard des Barres was a 12th-century French nobleman and Grand Master of the Knights Templar who played a key role in the Second Crusade and in strengthening the order’s political and financial power in Europe.
  • B. Matthew Flinders
    Matthew Flinders was a British navigator and cartographer best known for leading the first circumnavigation of Australia and popularizing its name.
  • C. William Dampier
    William Dampier was a 17th-century English explorer, navigator, and privateer known for his pioneering voyages around the world and influential writings on natural history and navigation.
  • D. Tobias Furneaux
    Tobias Furneaux was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for accompanying James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific.
  • E. Bagenal Harvey
    Bagenal Harvey was an Irish barrister and United Irishman who became a prominent commander of rebel forces during the 1798 uprising against British rule.
  • 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: Hugh Clapperton
Triple: [African Association, notableMember, Hugh Clapperton]
Generated description
Hugh Clapperton was a Scottish naval officer and explorer best known for his early 19th-century expeditions into the interior of West Africa, particularly in the regions around the Niger River and present-day Nigeria.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Clapperton
Target entity description: Hugh Clapperton was a Scottish naval officer and explorer best known for his early 19th-century expeditions into the interior of West Africa, particularly in the regions around the Niger River and present-day Nigeria.
  • A. Everard des Barres
    Everard des Barres was a 12th-century French nobleman and Grand Master of the Knights Templar who played a key role in the Second Crusade and in strengthening the order’s political and financial power in Europe.
  • B. Matthew Flinders
    Matthew Flinders was a British navigator and cartographer best known for leading the first circumnavigation of Australia and popularizing its name.
  • C. William Dampier
    William Dampier was a 17th-century English explorer, navigator, and privateer known for his pioneering voyages around the world and influential writings on natural history and navigation.
  • D. Tobias Furneaux
    Tobias Furneaux was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for accompanying James Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific.
  • E. Bagenal Harvey
    Bagenal Harvey was an Irish barrister and United Irishman who became a prominent commander of rebel forces during the 1798 uprising against British rule.
  • 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.