Triple

T1996336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Third voyage of James Cook E43366 entity
Predicate includedPerson P17131 FINISHED
Object Charles Clerke
Charles Clerke was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for serving under James Cook on all three of Cook’s Pacific voyages and ultimately commanding the final expedition after Cook’s death.
E223341 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Charles Clerke | Statement: [Third voyage of James Cook, includedPerson, Charles Clerke]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Clerke
Context triple: [Third voyage of James Cook, includedPerson, Charles Clerke]
  • A. William Marsden
    William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
  • B. Charles Mason
    Charles Mason was an 18th-century English astronomer and surveyor best known for co-surveying the Mason–Dixon Line that defined part of the boundary between the American colonies.
  • C. John Roebuck
    John Roebuck was an 18th-century English physician, chemist, and industrialist known for pioneering improvements in the lead-chamber process for producing sulfuric acid and for his early partnership with James Watt.
  • D. William Herschel
    William Herschel was an 18th-century British-German astronomer and composer best known for discovering the planet Uranus and pioneering deep-sky surveys of the night sky.
  • E. David Hartley
    David Hartley was an 18th-century English philosopher and physician best known for developing the psychological theory of associationism, which significantly shaped later thinkers such as Joseph Priestley.
  • 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: Charles Clerke
Triple: [Third voyage of James Cook, includedPerson, Charles Clerke]
Generated description
Charles Clerke was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for serving under James Cook on all three of Cook’s Pacific voyages and ultimately commanding the final expedition after Cook’s death.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Clerke
Target entity description: Charles Clerke was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for serving under James Cook on all three of Cook’s Pacific voyages and ultimately commanding the final expedition after Cook’s death.
  • A. William Marsden
    William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
  • B. Charles Mason
    Charles Mason was an 18th-century English astronomer and surveyor best known for co-surveying the Mason–Dixon Line that defined part of the boundary between the American colonies.
  • C. John Roebuck
    John Roebuck was an 18th-century English physician, chemist, and industrialist known for pioneering improvements in the lead-chamber process for producing sulfuric acid and for his early partnership with James Watt.
  • D. William Herschel
    William Herschel was an 18th-century British-German astronomer and composer best known for discovering the planet Uranus and pioneering deep-sky surveys of the night sky.
  • E. Johann Reinhold Forster
    Johann Reinhold Forster was an 18th-century German naturalist and ethnologist best known for accompanying Captain James Cook on his second Pacific voyage and for his influential contributions to early anthropology and biogeography.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: includedPerson
Context triple: [Third voyage of James Cook, includedPerson, Charles Clerke]
  • A. includesPeopleOf chosen
    Indicates that a group, organization, or entity contains or encompasses certain people as its members or participants.
  • B. eligibleMembers
    Indicates that certain entities meet the required criteria or conditions to be considered eligible members of a specified group or category.
  • C. includesOrganization
    Indicates that one entity contains, encompasses, or has within it the specified organization as a component, member, or part.
  • D. includedWith
    Indicates that one entity is provided or packaged together as part of another entity.
  • E. staffIncluded
    Indicates that staff members are included or provided as part of the associated entity, service, or arrangement.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a88714cf2c819081644be450b8356e completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb91055d88190a980e7b42e5895d4 completed March 7, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae033e733c8190aa11e316e01dbd17 completed March 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae05c4c0b48190a2c063f991083ed9 completed March 8, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0731c56081909849263e12750ad6 completed March 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abb79c97d48190b3147430ed39faa9 completed March 7, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.