Triple

T20403263
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry E500393 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Thomas Lowndes
Thomas Lowndes was an English benefactor whose endowment established the prestigious Lowndean Professorship of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge.
E1431071 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: Thomas Lowndes | Statement: [Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, namedAfter, Thomas Lowndes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Lowndes
Context triple: [Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, namedAfter, Thomas Lowndes]
  • A. Thomas Lowndes
    Thomas Lowndes was an 18th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing early editions of notable literary works, including Frances Burney’s novel "Evelina."
  • B. Richard Nicolls
    Richard Nicolls was a 17th-century English military officer and colonial governor best known for leading the expedition that captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch and became the first English governor of New York.
  • C. William Orlamond
    William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
  • D. Richard Doddridge
    Richard Doddridge was a 19th-century English novelist best known for writing the historical romance "Lorna Doone."
  • E. Thomas Byerley
    Thomas Byerley was a key manager and business partner in the Wedgwood pottery enterprise, helping to expand and oversee its commercial operations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • 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: Thomas Lowndes
Triple: [Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, namedAfter, Thomas Lowndes]
Generated description
Thomas Lowndes was an English benefactor whose endowment established the prestigious Lowndean Professorship of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Lowndes
Target entity description: Thomas Lowndes was an English benefactor whose endowment established the prestigious Lowndean Professorship of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge.
  • A. Thomas Lowndes
    Thomas Lowndes was an 18th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing early editions of notable literary works, including Frances Burney’s novel "Evelina."
  • B. Richard Nicolls
    Richard Nicolls was a 17th-century English military officer and colonial governor best known for leading the expedition that captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch and became the first English governor of New York.
  • C. William Orlamond
    William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
  • D. Richard Doddridge
    Richard Doddridge was a 19th-century English novelist best known for writing the historical romance "Lorna Doone."
  • E. Thomas Byerley
    Thomas Byerley was a key manager and business partner in the Wedgwood pottery enterprise, helping to expand and oversee its commercial operations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • 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_69e0b4a81bec8190b69adfdc1336a015 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6799080cc819096dc31f41d1d7b49 completed April 20, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0883ec6b8c8190aeb3ef7443a64330 completed May 16, 2026, 2:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08857a27f881908a7dab5ef4506a17 completed May 16, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0885f9e7d88190b3085f68add016d1 completed May 16, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:29 a.m.