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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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]
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • C. hasHistoricalWritingInfluenceFrom
    Indicates that one entity’s historical writing style, content, or traditions are influenced by those of another entity.
  • D. historicalFigure
    Indicates that an entity is recognized as a notable person from the past who played a significant role in history.
  • 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.