Triple
T2106164
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rub al Khali |
E42398
|
entity |
| Predicate | exploredBy |
P1562
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bertram Thomas
Bertram Thomas was a British civil servant and explorer best known for being the first Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert in the early 1930s.
|
E252015
|
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: Bertram Thomas | Statement: [Rub al Khali, exploredBy, Bertram Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bertram Thomas Context triple: [Rub al Khali, exploredBy, Bertram Thomas]
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A.
Bertram Ramsay
Bertram Ramsay was a British admiral who played a key role in planning and directing major Allied naval operations during World War II, including the Dunkirk evacuation and the D-Day landings.
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B.
Esmond Knight
Esmond Knight was a British actor known for his prolific stage and screen career, including notable roles in several of Laurence Olivier’s Shakespearean film adaptations.
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C.
Thomas Basset
Thomas Basset was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing significant works of early modern philosophy and theology.
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D.
Louis Scatcherd
Louis Scatcherd is a character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," known as the dissipated son of a wealthy railway magnate whose lifestyle and inheritance are central to the story’s social and moral conflicts.
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E.
Lionel Birch
Lionel Birch was the husband of renowned Austrian-born photographer Inge Morath.
- 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: Bertram Thomas Triple: [Rub al Khali, exploredBy, Bertram Thomas]
Generated description
Bertram Thomas was a British civil servant and explorer best known for being the first Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert in the early 1930s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bertram Thomas Target entity description: Bertram Thomas was a British civil servant and explorer best known for being the first Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert in the early 1930s.
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A.
Bertram Ramsay
Bertram Ramsay was a British admiral who played a key role in planning and directing major Allied naval operations during World War II, including the Dunkirk evacuation and the D-Day landings.
-
B.
Esmond Knight
Esmond Knight was a British actor known for his prolific stage and screen career, including notable roles in several of Laurence Olivier’s Shakespearean film adaptations.
-
C.
Thomas Basset
Thomas Basset was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing significant works of early modern philosophy and theology.
-
D.
Louis Scatcherd
Louis Scatcherd is a character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," known as the dissipated son of a wealthy railway magnate whose lifestyle and inheritance are central to the story’s social and moral conflicts.
-
E.
Lionel Birch
Lionel Birch was the husband of renowned Austrian-born photographer Inge Morath.
- 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_69a8871040f08190aac2e2d0ab6b47ad |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbaddeb148190b728bce7a7b041fb |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7eee9bd88190a46e34030939a568 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae7f90d3a88190bf61c6f063b67c06 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae800868948190a5504969c4cabb7d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.