Triple
T2168255
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Severn Tunnel |
E46960
|
entity |
| Predicate | chiefEngineer |
P616
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Richardson
Charles Richardson was a 19th-century British civil engineer best known for overseeing the design and construction of major railway works, including the Severn Tunnel.
|
E239731
|
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: Charles Richardson | Statement: [Severn Tunnel, chiefEngineer, Charles Richardson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Richardson Context triple: [Severn Tunnel, chiefEngineer, Charles Richardson]
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A.
Matthew C. Brown
Matthew C. Brown is a film producer known for his work on the horror movie "Spectral."
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B.
Eric Evans
Eric Evans is a software engineer and thought leader best known for originating and popularizing the concept of Domain-Driven Design in enterprise software development.
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C.
J Strother Moore
J Strother Moore is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work in automated theorem proving and formal methods, including co-developing the Boyer–Moore theorem prover and the ACL2 system.
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D.
Robert Sproull
Robert Sproull is an American computer scientist and technology executive best known for his leadership role at Sun Microsystems and his contributions to computer graphics and systems research.
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E.
Andrew G. Myers
Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
- 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: Charles Richardson Triple: [Severn Tunnel, chiefEngineer, Charles Richardson]
Generated description
Charles Richardson was a 19th-century British civil engineer best known for overseeing the design and construction of major railway works, including the Severn Tunnel.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Richardson Target entity description: Charles Richardson was a 19th-century British civil engineer best known for overseeing the design and construction of major railway works, including the Severn Tunnel.
-
A.
Matthew C. Brown
Matthew C. Brown is a film producer known for his work on the horror movie "Spectral."
-
B.
Eric Evans
Eric Evans is a software engineer and thought leader best known for originating and popularizing the concept of Domain-Driven Design in enterprise software development.
-
C.
J Strother Moore
J Strother Moore is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work in automated theorem proving and formal methods, including co-developing the Boyer–Moore theorem prover and the ACL2 system.
-
D.
Robert Sproull
Robert Sproull is an American computer scientist and technology executive best known for his leadership role at Sun Microsystems and his contributions to computer graphics and systems research.
-
E.
Andrew G. Myers
Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
- 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_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_69ae58f26334819095202544d37e6850 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae5a2055488190855ac173d1e3ad11 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae5a810b588190a1bb538be46b2010 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:28 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.