Triple

T21708772
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oldham E535841 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Fitzjames Oldham
William Fitzjames Oldham was a Methodist Episcopal bishop and missionary leader known for his influential work in India and Southeast Asia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E1498460 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: William Fitzjames Oldham | Statement: [Oldham, hasNotableBearer, William Fitzjames Oldham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Fitzjames Oldham
Context triple: [Oldham, hasNotableBearer, William Fitzjames Oldham]
  • A. William Oldham
    William Oldham is an American singer-songwriter and actor best known for his influential indie folk and alt-country music released under the stage name Will Oldham or Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
  • B. William Oldham
    William Oldham was an American Revolutionary War officer after whom Oldham County, Kentucky, was named.
  • C. Rufus Sixsmith
    Rufus Sixsmith is a recurring character in David Mitchell’s novel "Cloud Atlas," appearing across different eras as a journalist and later an elderly scientist whose actions and relationships link several of the book’s interwoven narratives.
  • D. Henry Blackwood
    Henry Blackwood was a distinguished British Royal Navy officer of the Napoleonic era, noted for his close association with Admiral Nelson and his role in key naval engagements.
  • E. Wolfgang Wells
    Wolfgang Wells is one of the many alternate-universe versions of genius scientist Harrison Wells, portrayed by Tom Cavanagh in the TV series "The Flash."
  • 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: William Fitzjames Oldham
Triple: [Oldham, hasNotableBearer, William Fitzjames Oldham]
Generated description
William Fitzjames Oldham was a Methodist Episcopal bishop and missionary leader known for his influential work in India and Southeast Asia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Fitzjames Oldham
Target entity description: William Fitzjames Oldham was a Methodist Episcopal bishop and missionary leader known for his influential work in India and Southeast Asia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. William Oldham
    William Oldham is an American singer-songwriter and actor best known for his influential indie folk and alt-country music released under the stage name Will Oldham or Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
  • B. William Oldham
    William Oldham was an American Revolutionary War officer after whom Oldham County, Kentucky, was named.
  • C. Rufus Sixsmith
    Rufus Sixsmith is a recurring character in David Mitchell’s novel "Cloud Atlas," appearing across different eras as a journalist and later an elderly scientist whose actions and relationships link several of the book’s interwoven narratives.
  • D. Henry Blackwood
    Henry Blackwood was a distinguished British Royal Navy officer of the Napoleonic era, noted for his close association with Admiral Nelson and his role in key naval engagements.
  • E. Wolfgang Wells
    Wolfgang Wells is one of the many alternate-universe versions of genius scientist Harrison Wells, portrayed by Tom Cavanagh in the TV series "The Flash."
  • 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_69e0c46b44c0819088ab883ebd44e0e8 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69efb5314a288190b4b8347cca15aaa8 completed April 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a24ad3fe88190ad0a240928367700 completed May 17, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a27c5795c81909e41d7e8e1f95e81 completed May 17, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a28a016a08190b67eae1e64619b62 completed May 17, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:46 p.m.