Triple
T2168254
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Severn Tunnel |
E46960
|
entity |
| Predicate | designer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Hawkshaw
John Hawkshaw was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for major railway and tunnel projects, including the Severn Tunnel.
|
E69165
|
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: John Hawkshaw | Statement: [Severn Tunnel, designer, John Hawkshaw]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hawkshaw Context triple: [Severn Tunnel, designer, John Hawkshaw]
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A.
William Jessop
William Jessop was a prominent 18th-century English civil engineer known for his influential work on canals, docks, and early railways during the Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Richard Upjohn
Richard Upjohn was a prominent 19th-century British-born American architect best known for popularizing the Gothic Revival style in the United States.
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C.
Lewis Cubitt
Lewis Cubitt was a 19th-century English architect best known for designing major London railway termini and related infrastructure.
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D.
Sir John Fowler
Sir John Fowler was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer best known for his major railway works and co-designing the Forth Bridge in Scotland.
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E.
Gilbert Wakefield
Gilbert Wakefield was an 18th-century English scholar, classical critic, and controversial theologian known for his radical political views and biblical scholarship.
- 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: John Hawkshaw Triple: [Severn Tunnel, designer, John Hawkshaw]
Generated description
John Hawkshaw was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for major railway and tunnel projects, including the Severn Tunnel.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hawkshaw Target entity description: John Hawkshaw was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for major railway and tunnel projects, including the Severn Tunnel.
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A.
William Jessop
William Jessop was a prominent 18th-century English civil engineer known for his influential work on canals, docks, and early railways during the Industrial Revolution.
-
B.
Richard Upjohn
Richard Upjohn was a prominent 19th-century British-born American architect best known for popularizing the Gothic Revival style in the United States.
-
C.
Lewis Cubitt
Lewis Cubitt was a 19th-century English architect best known for designing major London railway termini and related infrastructure.
-
D.
Sir John Fowler
chosen
Sir John Fowler was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer best known for his major railway works and co-designing the Forth Bridge in Scotland.
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E.
Gilbert Wakefield
Gilbert Wakefield was an 18th-century English scholar, classical critic, and controversial theologian known for his radical political views and biblical scholarship.
- F. None of above.
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_69a88a184cbc8190877791f6552c2484 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbeadaed481908d6afa942d7155b8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae653b6ae48190ab5c7e6bf2dcfa6f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae66411d848190a529018ad3765597 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae66a751f881908fda164de72dac9b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.