Triple
T215474
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Old Red Sandstone |
E4810
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicallyStudiedBy |
P1945
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hugh Miller
Hugh Miller was a 19th-century Scottish geologist, writer, and self-taught fossil collector renowned for his influential works on the geology and paleontology of Scotland.
|
E32652
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Hugh Miller | Statement: [Old Red Sandstone, historicallyStudiedBy, Hugh Miller]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Miller Context triple: [Old Red Sandstone, historicallyStudiedBy, Hugh Miller]
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A.
William Smith
William Smith was an 18th-century American minister and the father of Abigail Adams, who became the second First Lady of the United States.
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B.
Thomas Henry Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley was a 19th-century English biologist and public intellectual known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his vigorous advocacy of evolutionary theory and his contributions to comparative anatomy and science education.
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C.
James Hutton
James Hutton was an 18th-century Scottish geologist often called the "father of modern geology" for developing the theory of uniformitarianism and recognizing the immense age of the Earth.
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D.
Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish geologist whose work on uniformitarianism and deep geological time profoundly shaped modern geology and influenced evolutionary thinkers.
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E.
Robert Brown
Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist best known for his pioneering observations of the random motion of particles suspended in fluid, which led to the concept of Brownian motion.
- 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: Hugh Miller Triple: [Old Red Sandstone, historicallyStudiedBy, Hugh Miller]
Generated description
Hugh Miller was a 19th-century Scottish geologist, writer, and self-taught fossil collector renowned for his influential works on the geology and paleontology of Scotland.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Miller Target entity description: Hugh Miller was a 19th-century Scottish geologist, writer, and self-taught fossil collector renowned for his influential works on the geology and paleontology of Scotland.
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A.
William Smith
William Smith was an 18th-century American minister and the father of Abigail Adams, who became the second First Lady of the United States.
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B.
Thomas Henry Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley was a 19th-century English biologist and public intellectual known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his vigorous advocacy of evolutionary theory and his contributions to comparative anatomy and science education.
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C.
James Hutton
James Hutton was an 18th-century Scottish geologist often called the "father of modern geology" for developing the theory of uniformitarianism and recognizing the immense age of the Earth.
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D.
Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish geologist whose work on uniformitarianism and deep geological time profoundly shaped modern geology and influenced evolutionary thinkers.
-
E.
Robert Brown
Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist best known for his pioneering observations of the random motion of particles suspended in fluid, which led to the concept of Brownian motion.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: historicallyStudiedBy Context triple: [Old Red Sandstone, historicallyStudiedBy, Hugh Miller]
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A.
studiedBy
chosen
Indicates that a subject (such as a field, topic, or object) is examined, researched, or learned by an agent (such as a person or group).
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B.
historicallyFormulatedBy
Indicates that something (such as an idea, theory, or document) was originally developed, articulated, or formally established by a particular agent or group in the past.
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C.
hasHistoricalWritingInfluenceFrom
Indicates that one entity’s historical writing style, content, or traditions are influenced by those of another entity.
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D.
historicalFigure
Indicates that an entity is recognized as a notable person from the past who played a significant role in history.
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E.
discoveredBy
Indicates that something was found, identified, or brought to light through the efforts or actions of a particular agent.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a2575cb1dc8190a01ad332426dc339 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25dcd2b208190855d5d8d70a3acfc |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a376589afc8190865a988b5dc71497 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 11:12 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a376cfa62c8190967fd7477e8440ab |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 11:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3772b8a848190b5367ba2e64c6a43 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 11:15 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a25b52190481908f299d26122bafd2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:04 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m.