Triple
T22001113
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Johnston |
E543327
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Lloyd Johnston |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: David Lloyd Johnston | Statement: [David Johnston, name, David Lloyd Johnston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Lloyd Johnston Context triple: [David Johnston, name, David Lloyd Johnston]
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A.
David Johnston
chosen
David Johnston is a Canadian academic, author, and lawyer who served as the 28th Governor General of Canada from 2010 to 2017.
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B.
David Johnston
David Johnston is a software developer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Syntrillium Software, the company behind the popular audio editing program Cool Edit.
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C.
Arthur George Brown
Arthur George Brown was the son of pioneering British aviator Arthur Whitten Brown, who co-piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919.
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D.
George Milne
George Milne was a British Army general who commanded Allied forces on the Macedonian front during World War I.
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E.
Lionel McKenzie
Lionel McKenzie was an American economist and mathematical theorist known for his foundational contributions to general equilibrium theory and welfare economics.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e11e2c814c8190837d072789000486 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1276ae4e0819097bf1b978451f776 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:20 p.m.