Triple

T20628848
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Weir E506895 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Weir
William Weir is a name shared by several notable figures, including politicians, engineers, and public servants from the United Kingdom.
E1442240 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: William Weir | Statement: [Weir, hasNotableBearer, William Weir]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Weir
Context triple: [Weir, hasNotableBearer, William Weir]
  • A. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • B. William Millar
    William Millar, better known by his stage name Stephen Boyd, was a Northern Irish-born actor famed for his role as Messala in the 1959 epic film "Ben-Hur."
  • C. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • D. William Hutchison
    William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
  • E. William John Cunningham
    William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
  • 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: William Weir
Triple: [Weir, hasNotableBearer, William Weir]
Generated description
William Weir is a name shared by several notable figures, including politicians, engineers, and public servants from the United Kingdom.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Weir
Target entity description: William Weir is a name shared by several notable figures, including politicians, engineers, and public servants from the United Kingdom.
  • A. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • B. William Millar
    William Millar, better known by his stage name Stephen Boyd, was a Northern Irish-born actor famed for his role as Messala in the 1959 epic film "Ben-Hur."
  • C. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • D. William Hutchison
    William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
  • E. William John Cunningham
    William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
  • 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_69e0b4bd4a0081908d4e97a590a33fb2 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6abe771e88190a48471bf83b4804d completed April 20, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08c583fb348190b5561a276f45bcf5 completed May 16, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08c6a2b42081909f1257ad57929c41 completed May 16, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08c7199bfc8190987839b3c1a4293e completed May 16, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:42 a.m.