Triple

T20507943
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St Peter’s School, York E503482 entity
Predicate hasAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Sir Thomas Herbert
Sir Thomas Herbert was a 17th-century English courtier, traveler, and author best known for attending King Charles I during his final years and recording detailed memoirs of the period.
E1433777 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: Sir Thomas Herbert | Statement: [St Peter’s School, York, hasAlumni, Sir Thomas Herbert]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Thomas Herbert
Context triple: [St Peter’s School, York, hasAlumni, Sir Thomas Herbert]
  • A. Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
    Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English nobleman and statesman who held high offices including Lord High Admiral and Lord President of the Council under several monarchs.
  • B. Sir Thomas Osborne
    Sir Thomas Osborne was a prominent 17th-century English statesman who served as a leading minister under Charles II and later became the 1st Duke of Leeds.
  • C. Sir Thomas Myddelton
    Sir Thomas Myddelton was a prominent Welsh-born merchant, politician, and military figure of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his role in London civic life and involvement in the English Civil War.
  • D. Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
    Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, was a 17th-century English soldier, diplomat, philosopher, and writer often regarded as the "father of English deism."
  • E. Sir Thomas Dale
    Sir Thomas Dale was an English naval commander and deputy governor of the Virginia Colony known for his strict military rule and key role in consolidating the early Jamestown settlement.
  • 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: Sir Thomas Herbert
Triple: [St Peter’s School, York, hasAlumni, Sir Thomas Herbert]
Generated description
Sir Thomas Herbert was a 17th-century English courtier, traveler, and author best known for attending King Charles I during his final years and recording detailed memoirs of the period.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Thomas Herbert
Target entity description: Sir Thomas Herbert was a 17th-century English courtier, traveler, and author best known for attending King Charles I during his final years and recording detailed memoirs of the period.
  • A. Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
    Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English nobleman and statesman who held high offices including Lord High Admiral and Lord President of the Council under several monarchs.
  • B. Sir Thomas Osborne
    Sir Thomas Osborne was a prominent 17th-century English statesman who served as a leading minister under Charles II and later became the 1st Duke of Leeds.
  • C. Sir Thomas Myddelton
    Sir Thomas Myddelton was a prominent Welsh-born merchant, politician, and military figure of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his role in London civic life and involvement in the English Civil War.
  • D. Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
    Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, was a 17th-century English soldier, diplomat, philosopher, and writer often regarded as the "father of English deism."
  • E. Sir Thomas Dale
    Sir Thomas Dale was an English naval commander and deputy governor of the Virginia Colony known for his strict military rule and key role in consolidating the early Jamestown settlement.
  • 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_69e0b4b1e52c8190894281cf7e3283ab completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e69dc8f3c881908ed2e0257a057e73 completed April 20, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0893c4980c81909113b0e563acd8b8 completed May 16, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a089485ab8c819086ffe93a2756286a completed May 16, 2026, 4 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0894f3be54819091e3305ee70c25f5 completed May 16, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:36 a.m.