Triple

T2219248
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Talyllyn Railway E48102 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object James Swinton Spooner
James Swinton Spooner was a 19th-century engineer and railway pioneer best known for his key role in early British narrow-gauge railway development.
E245388 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: James Swinton Spooner | Statement: [Talyllyn Railway, founder, James Swinton Spooner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Swinton Spooner
Context triple: [Talyllyn Railway, founder, James Swinton Spooner]
  • A. Gerrit Smith
    Gerrit Smith was a prominent 19th-century American social reformer, abolitionist, and philanthropist who used his wealth and political influence to support anti-slavery and other progressive causes.
  • B. C. S. Harding Mott
    C. S. Harding Mott was a member of the prominent Mott family associated with the General Motors fortune and noted American philanthropist Charles Stewart Mott.
  • C. Lewis Cass Judson
    Lewis Cass Judson was an American pioneer and early settler associated with the development of the Pacific Northwest region.
  • D. George C. Perkins
    George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
  • E. Mordecai Brown
    Mordecai Brown was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher, nicknamed "Three Finger," renowned for his exceptional control and success with the Chicago Cubs in the early 20th century.
  • 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: James Swinton Spooner
Triple: [Talyllyn Railway, founder, James Swinton Spooner]
Generated description
James Swinton Spooner was a 19th-century engineer and railway pioneer best known for his key role in early British narrow-gauge railway development.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Swinton Spooner
Target entity description: James Swinton Spooner was a 19th-century engineer and railway pioneer best known for his key role in early British narrow-gauge railway development.
  • A. Gerrit Smith
    Gerrit Smith was a prominent 19th-century American social reformer, abolitionist, and philanthropist who used his wealth and political influence to support anti-slavery and other progressive causes.
  • B. C. S. Harding Mott
    C. S. Harding Mott was a member of the prominent Mott family associated with the General Motors fortune and noted American philanthropist Charles Stewart Mott.
  • C. Lewis Cass Judson
    Lewis Cass Judson was an American pioneer and early settler associated with the development of the Pacific Northwest region.
  • D. George C. Perkins
    George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
  • E. Mordecai Brown
    Mordecai Brown was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher, nicknamed "Three Finger," renowned for his exceptional control and success with the Chicago Cubs in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69a88aa1ee708190862c8c378c41e9eb completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc011d50c8190b1c375cc633f8189 completed March 7, 2026, 6:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae655b369c8190a5d12b87401534d7 completed March 9, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae65d4f26481909808c97b95ca9b30 completed March 9, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae6670b6d88190a09023fae63f4000 completed March 9, 2026, 6:19 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.