Triple

T19806056
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Patton Preston E475813 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Preston
Preston is a surname of English and Scottish origin commonly borne by individuals and families in the Anglophone world.
 E348091 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: Preston | Statement: [James Patton Preston, familyName, Preston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Preston
Context triple: [James Patton Preston, familyName, Preston]
  • A. Preston
    Preston is a historic industrial city in Lancashire, England, known for its role in the Industrial Revolution and its status as a major urban center in the North West.
  • B. Preston
    Preston is a locality within the Dover District of Kent, England, known as a small rural village community.
  • C. Preston
    Preston is a suburb in Melbourne, Australia, served by its own railway station on the metropolitan train network.
  • D. Preston
    Preston is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, known historically for its association with the nearby town of Prestonpans and its role in the region’s agricultural and industrial development.
  • E. Preston
    Preston is a residential area and suburb within the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside in North East 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: Preston
Triple: [James Patton Preston, familyName, Preston]
Generated description
Preston is a surname of English and Scottish origin commonly borne by individuals and families in the Anglophone world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Preston
Target entity description: Preston is a surname of English and Scottish origin commonly borne by individuals and families in the Anglophone world.
  • A. Preston chosen
    Preston is a masculine given name of English origin that has been used both as a first name and a surname.
  • B. Preston
    Preston is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, known historically for its association with the nearby town of Prestonpans and its role in the region’s agricultural and industrial development.
  • C. Preston
    Preston is a residential area and suburb within the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside in North East England.
  • D. Preston
    Preston is a historic industrial city in Lancashire, England, known for its role in the Industrial Revolution and its status as a major urban center in the North West.
  • E. Preston
    Preston is a locality within the Dover District of Kent, England, known as a small rural village community.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8e51bc4208190a1c57d8c5d1b15e4 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e65428081c8190b394c442f4c2a9a6 completed April 20, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07c50c6a7c81908bf0d55dad7a6556 completed May 16, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07c66178108190a6fc2d7566af44ad completed May 16, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07c73b731881909c8abaeb541e34f9 completed May 16, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:49 p.m.