Triple

T20739293
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject D. Napier & Son E509794 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object David Napier
David Napier was a Scottish engineer and industrialist best known for founding the engineering firm D. Napier & Son, which became prominent in precision engineering and later in automotive and aero engine production.
E1448135 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: David Napier | Statement: [D. Napier & Son, foundedBy, David Napier]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Napier
Context triple: [D. Napier & Son, foundedBy, David Napier]
  • A. Alan Napier
    Alan Napier was an English character actor best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in the 1960s Batman television series.
  • B. Neil Napier
    Neil Napier is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in film and television, including a prominent part in the 2012 action thriller "The Expatriate."
  • C. Mark Napier
    Mark Napier is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who starred in the WHA and NHL during the late 1970s and 1980s, winning two Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens.
  • D. Charles Napier
    Charles Napier was a prominent 19th-century British naval officer and admiral known for his service in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and later conflicts.
  • E. Charles Napier
    Charles Napier was an American character actor known for his rugged, authoritative roles in action films and television, often portraying military or law-enforcement figures.
  • 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: David Napier
Triple: [D. Napier & Son, foundedBy, David Napier]
Generated description
David Napier was a Scottish engineer and industrialist best known for founding the engineering firm D. Napier & Son, which became prominent in precision engineering and later in automotive and aero engine production.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Napier
Target entity description: David Napier was a Scottish engineer and industrialist best known for founding the engineering firm D. Napier & Son, which became prominent in precision engineering and later in automotive and aero engine production.
  • A. Alan Napier
    Alan Napier was an English character actor best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in the 1960s Batman television series.
  • B. Neil Napier
    Neil Napier is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in film and television, including a prominent part in the 2012 action thriller "The Expatriate."
  • C. Mark Napier
    Mark Napier is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who starred in the WHA and NHL during the late 1970s and 1980s, winning two Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens.
  • D. Charles Napier
    Charles Napier was a prominent 19th-century British naval officer and admiral known for his service in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and later conflicts.
  • E. Charles Napier
    Charles Napier was an American character actor known for his rugged, authoritative roles in action films and television, often portraying military or law-enforcement figures.
  • 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_69e0b4c589c08190834fb5d86d0efa2b completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c20d9d4c8190a2fd87f8a33c313d completed April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e83a28548190b87010bfde6626eb completed May 16, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e8df60c88190803590abd75b3e43 completed May 16, 2026, 9:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e95f05088190b5934f067c5dd7b7 completed May 16, 2026, 10:02 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:32 p.m.