Triple

T20824513
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Broch of Gurness E512662 entity
Predicate excavatedBy P7650 FINISHED
Object J. W. Cursiter
J. W. Cursiter was an Orcadian archaeologist and antiquarian known for his pioneering excavations and studies of prehistoric sites in Orkney, Scotland.
E1460367 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: J. W. Cursiter | Statement: [Broch of Gurness, excavatedBy, J. W. Cursiter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. W. Cursiter
Context triple: [Broch of Gurness, excavatedBy, J. W. Cursiter]
  • A. J. W. Burch
    J. W. Burch was an American settler and community leader credited with establishing the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
  • B. W. T. Reeds
    W. T. Reeds was an individual significant enough in local history that the community of Reeds, Missouri, was named in his honor.
  • C. F. B. Meek
    F. B. Meek was a 19th-century American paleontologist known for his extensive work on fossil invertebrates and contributions to early geological surveys in the United States.
  • D. W. S. Bodey
    W. S. Bodey was a 19th-century prospector whose discovery of gold in California led to the founding of the mining town later preserved as Bodie State Historic Park.
  • E. H. H. Peaster
    H. H. Peaster was an early settler and influential local figure after whom the community of Peaster, Texas, was named.
  • 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: J. W. Cursiter
Triple: [Broch of Gurness, excavatedBy, J. W. Cursiter]
Generated description
J. W. Cursiter was an Orcadian archaeologist and antiquarian known for his pioneering excavations and studies of prehistoric sites in Orkney, Scotland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. W. Cursiter
Target entity description: J. W. Cursiter was an Orcadian archaeologist and antiquarian known for his pioneering excavations and studies of prehistoric sites in Orkney, Scotland.
  • A. J. W. Burch
    J. W. Burch was an American settler and community leader credited with establishing the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
  • B. W. T. Reeds
    W. T. Reeds was an individual significant enough in local history that the community of Reeds, Missouri, was named in his honor.
  • C. F. B. Meek
    F. B. Meek was a 19th-century American paleontologist known for his extensive work on fossil invertebrates and contributions to early geological surveys in the United States.
  • D. W. S. Bodey
    W. S. Bodey was a 19th-century prospector whose discovery of gold in California led to the founding of the mining town later preserved as Bodie State Historic Park.
  • E. H. H. Peaster
    H. H. Peaster was an early settler and influential local figure after whom the community of Peaster, Texas, was named.
  • 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_69e0b4ce39108190a6e8e5df4f1c8dc5 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c2fcc60881908ef3d8914d801ea1 completed April 21, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a092fa2c5d881909e5cf9fc4bd83c5f completed May 17, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0930941a9c81909dc01bbb84e9d1c6 completed May 17, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09311fe608819095e91aebaa0d62e8 completed May 17, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:41 p.m.