Triple
T21671639
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Macnaghten Whittaker |
E534860
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: John | Statement: [John Macnaghten Whittaker, givenName, John]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Context triple: [John Macnaghten Whittaker, givenName, John]
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A.
John
John Vassall Jr. was a British civil servant who became notorious as a Soviet spy during the Cold War.
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B.
John
John is the given name of John A. Roebling II, an American civil engineer and philanthropist from the prominent Roebling family associated with major bridge construction.
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C.
John
John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, a British aristocrat and 10th Duke of Marlborough.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John George Graves, a notable British mail-order entrepreneur and philanthropist from Sheffield.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Target entity description: John Macnaghten Whittaker was a British mathematician and academic known for his contributions to analysis and his leadership roles in higher education.
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A.
John
John is the given name of the English mathematician J. H. C. Whitehead, known for his influential work in topology and homotopy theory.
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B.
John
John is the given first name of the British idealist philosopher J. M. E. McTaggart, known for his influential work on the philosophy of time and metaphysics.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John Stuart Blackie, a 19th-century Scottish scholar and professor of Greek known for his writings and advocacy of Scottish culture and education reform.
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D.
John
John is the given name of the British mathematician J. W. S. Cassels, known for his influential work in number theory and Diophantine approximation.
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E.
John
John is the given name of the British philosopher John Cook Wilson, a prominent figure in late 19th- and early 20th-century analytic philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0c46898008190aa618a4af55bd1ee |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef8a0badd08190ad2ec2b8e46be379 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:37 p.m.