Triple

T2199831
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Livingstone E50461 entity
Predicate met P13721 FINISHED
Object Henry Morton Stanley
Henry Morton Stanley was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist best known for his expeditions in central Africa and his famous encounter with missionary David Livingstone.
E248779 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: Henry Morton Stanley | Statement: [David Livingstone, met, Henry Morton Stanley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Morton Stanley
Context triple: [David Livingstone, met, Henry Morton Stanley]
  • A. David Livingstone
    David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.
  • B. Percy Fawcett
    Percy Fawcett was a British explorer and archaeologist famed for his expeditions into the Amazon rainforest and his mysterious disappearance while searching for a lost ancient city.
  • C. Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
    Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza was an Italian-French explorer and colonial administrator known for leading French expeditions in Central Africa and playing a key role in establishing French Congo.
  • D. Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley
    Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley, was a 19th-century British peer and Liberal politician from the prominent Stanley family.
  • E. Cecil Rhodes
    Cecil Rhodes was a British imperialist, businessman, and politician in southern Africa whose wealth and will established the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford.
  • 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: Henry Morton Stanley
Triple: [David Livingstone, met, Henry Morton Stanley]
Generated description
Henry Morton Stanley was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist best known for his expeditions in central Africa and his famous encounter with missionary David Livingstone.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Morton Stanley
Target entity description: Henry Morton Stanley was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist best known for his expeditions in central Africa and his famous encounter with missionary David Livingstone.
  • A. David Livingstone
    David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.
  • B. Percy Fawcett
    Percy Fawcett was a British explorer and archaeologist famed for his expeditions into the Amazon rainforest and his mysterious disappearance while searching for a lost ancient city.
  • C. Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
    Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza was an Italian-French explorer and colonial administrator known for leading French expeditions in Central Africa and playing a key role in establishing French Congo.
  • D. Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley
    Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley, was a 19th-century British peer and Liberal politician from the prominent Stanley family.
  • E. Cecil Rhodes
    Cecil Rhodes was a British imperialist, businessman, and politician in southern Africa whose wealth and will established the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford.
  • 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_69a88b044ab48190add007487680f009 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbf9e99f08190892d34485c8f2f25 completed March 7, 2026, 6:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6af5dc2081909d69641ca3bc65ea completed March 9, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae6b9da51c819085beb79a14f5d8b5 completed March 9, 2026, 6:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae6c2a465c8190a9fe2a465e9ac3f0 completed March 9, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.