Triple

T20632102
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 1924 British Mount Everest expedition E506979 entity
Predicate member P10 FINISHED
Object Theodore Howard Somervell
Theodore Howard Somervell was a British surgeon, mountaineer, and artist best known for his high-altitude climbing and medical work on early Everest expeditions.
 E1441382 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: Theodore Howard Somervell | Statement: [1924 British Mount Everest expedition, member, Theodore Howard Somervell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Theodore Howard Somervell
Context triple: [1924 British Mount Everest expedition, member, Theodore Howard Somervell]
  • A. Alexander Somervell
    Alexander Somervell was a 19th-century Texas political and military figure after whom Somervell County, Texas, is named.
  • B. Albert C. Wedemeyer
    Albert C. Wedemeyer was a U.S. Army general and strategic planner in World War II, best known for his leadership roles in the China-Burma-India theater and his influence on Allied war strategy.
  • C. Theodore P. Wright
    Theodore P. Wright was an influential American aviation engineer and administrator whose leadership and innovations significantly advanced the aerospace industry and its institutions.
  • D. Arthur Somervell
    Arthur Somervell was an English composer and educator associated with the English Musical Renaissance, known for his songs, choral works, and influential role in music education.
  • E. George P. Hunt
    George P. Hunt was an American politician who served as the first governor of the state of Arizona.
  • 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: Theodore Howard Somervell
Triple: [1924 British Mount Everest expedition, member, Theodore Howard Somervell]
Generated description
Theodore Howard Somervell was a British surgeon, mountaineer, and artist best known for his high-altitude climbing and medical work on early Everest expeditions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Theodore Howard Somervell
Target entity description: Theodore Howard Somervell was a British surgeon, mountaineer, and artist best known for his high-altitude climbing and medical work on early Everest expeditions.
  • A. Alexander Somervell
    Alexander Somervell was a 19th-century Texas political and military figure after whom Somervell County, Texas, is named.
  • B. Albert C. Wedemeyer
    Albert C. Wedemeyer was a U.S. Army general and strategic planner in World War II, best known for his leadership roles in the China-Burma-India theater and his influence on Allied war strategy.
  • C. Theodore P. Wright
    Theodore P. Wright was an influential American aviation engineer and administrator whose leadership and innovations significantly advanced the aerospace industry and its institutions.
  • D. Arthur Somervell
    Arthur Somervell was an English composer and educator associated with the English Musical Renaissance, known for his songs, choral works, and influential role in music education.
  • E. George P. Hunt
    George P. Hunt was an American politician who served as the first governor of the state of Arizona.
  • 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_69e6ad0bdcd88190a59d68e03370b271 completed April 20, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08bb21b3e48190a568a7e2d7e4bb7f completed May 16, 2026, 6:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08bbc5d9dc8190a6c58039a27ba9ae completed May 16, 2026, 6:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08bcbfc45881909af82e14f84ecd23 completed May 16, 2026, 6:51 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:42 a.m.