Triple

T21708792
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oldham E535841 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Wilfrid Oldham (missionary)
Wilfrid Oldham was a Christian missionary known for his evangelistic and educational work in the early 20th century, particularly in Asia.
E1498472 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: Wilfrid Oldham (missionary) | Statement: [Oldham, hasNotableBearer, Wilfrid Oldham (missionary)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilfrid Oldham (missionary)
Context triple: [Oldham, hasNotableBearer, Wilfrid Oldham (missionary)]
  • A. John Paton
    John Paton is a notable individual, most commonly referring to the 19th-century Scottish missionary known for his work in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).
  • B. William Dickson (missionary)
    William Dickson was a Scottish missionary and notable alumnus of Dumfries Academy who devoted his life to religious and educational work abroad.
  • C. Walter Henry Medhurst
    Walter Henry Medhurst was a 19th-century British Protestant missionary and sinologist known for his influential work in Chinese linguistics, translation, and Bible dissemination in East Asia.
  • D. James Hepburn (missionary)
    James Hepburn was a 19th-century Scottish Presbyterian missionary and Bible translator known for his work in Japan and contributions to the study of the Japanese language.
  • E. Robert Moffat
    Robert Moffat was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and Bible translator renowned for his pioneering work in southern Africa and for being the father-in-law of explorer David Livingstone.
  • 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: Wilfrid Oldham (missionary)
Triple: [Oldham, hasNotableBearer, Wilfrid Oldham (missionary)]
Generated description
Wilfrid Oldham was a Christian missionary known for his evangelistic and educational work in the early 20th century, particularly in Asia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilfrid Oldham (missionary)
Target entity description: Wilfrid Oldham was a Christian missionary known for his evangelistic and educational work in the early 20th century, particularly in Asia.
  • A. John Paton
    John Paton is a notable individual, most commonly referring to the 19th-century Scottish missionary known for his work in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).
  • B. William Dickson (missionary)
    William Dickson was a Scottish missionary and notable alumnus of Dumfries Academy who devoted his life to religious and educational work abroad.
  • C. Walter Henry Medhurst
    Walter Henry Medhurst was a 19th-century British Protestant missionary and sinologist known for his influential work in Chinese linguistics, translation, and Bible dissemination in East Asia.
  • D. James Hepburn (missionary)
    James Hepburn was a 19th-century Scottish Presbyterian missionary and Bible translator known for his work in Japan and contributions to the study of the Japanese language.
  • E. Robert Moffat
    Robert Moffat was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and Bible translator renowned for his pioneering work in southern Africa and for being the father-in-law of explorer David Livingstone.
  • 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.