Triple

T21600350
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fitch E533020 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Ralph Fitch
Ralph Fitch was a 16th-century English merchant and explorer known for his extensive travels in India and Southeast Asia, which helped open early trade routes for the English.
 E1493105 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: Ralph Fitch | Statement: [Fitch, hasNotableBearer, Ralph Fitch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph Fitch
Context triple: [Fitch, hasNotableBearer, Ralph Fitch]
  • A. Joseph Frobisher
    Joseph Frobisher was a prominent 18th-century Canadian fur trader and merchant who played a key role in the early development of the North West Company.
  • B. Arthur Frobisher
    Arthur Frobisher is a wealthy, corrupt corporate executive and primary antagonist in the legal thriller TV series "Damages."
  • C. Martin Frobisher
    Martin Frobisher was a 16th-century English seafarer and privateer best known for his early Arctic voyages in search of a Northwest Passage to Asia.
  • D. Edward Martindel
    Edward Martindel was an American stage and silent film actor active in the early 20th century.
  • E. William Baffin
    William Baffin was a 17th-century English navigator and explorer renowned for his Arctic voyages and detailed mapping of the Canadian Arctic, including the bay that now bears his name.
  • 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: Ralph Fitch
Triple: [Fitch, hasNotableBearer, Ralph Fitch]
Generated description
Ralph Fitch was a 16th-century English merchant and explorer known for his extensive travels in India and Southeast Asia, which helped open early trade routes for the English.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph Fitch
Target entity description: Ralph Fitch was a 16th-century English merchant and explorer known for his extensive travels in India and Southeast Asia, which helped open early trade routes for the English.
  • A. Joseph Frobisher
    Joseph Frobisher was a prominent 18th-century Canadian fur trader and merchant who played a key role in the early development of the North West Company.
  • B. Arthur Frobisher
    Arthur Frobisher is a wealthy, corrupt corporate executive and primary antagonist in the legal thriller TV series "Damages."
  • C. Martin Frobisher
    Martin Frobisher was a 16th-century English seafarer and privateer best known for his early Arctic voyages in search of a Northwest Passage to Asia.
  • D. Edward Martindel
    Edward Martindel was an American stage and silent film actor active in the early 20th century.
  • E. William Baffin
    William Baffin was a 17th-century English navigator and explorer renowned for his Arctic voyages and detailed mapping of the Canadian Arctic, including the bay that now bears his name.
  • 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_69e0c46364608190a337dc8720dc2a35 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef17e12fdc8190ab6125ea8d294717 completed April 27, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09fd3352d481908611875a91c66825 completed May 17, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09fe7380c881909d17d5ba64f0b19f completed May 17, 2026, 5:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09fef4abe48190b6eac6d14aadd110 completed May 17, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:32 p.m.