Triple

T2277632
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Long Walk to Freedom E51208 entity
Predicate publisher P29 FINISHED
Object Macdonald Purnell
Macdonald Purnell is a South African publishing house known for issuing significant works of local and international importance, including Nelson Mandela’s autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom."
E258239 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: Macdonald Purnell | Statement: [Long Walk to Freedom, publisher, Macdonald Purnell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macdonald Purnell
Context triple: [Long Walk to Freedom, publisher, Macdonald Purnell]
  • A. John MacDougall
    John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
  • B. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Alois B. Richardson
    Alois B. Richardson was an early settler and influential figure in the development of the community that became the city of Richardson, Texas.
  • D. George M. Robeson
    George M. Robeson was a 19th-century American lawyer, Civil War general, and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Ulysses S. Grant.
  • E. Reginald Bevins
    Reginald Bevins was a British Conservative politician who held several ministerial posts in the mid-20th century, notably in Harold Macmillan’s government.
  • 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: Macdonald Purnell
Triple: [Long Walk to Freedom, publisher, Macdonald Purnell]
Generated description
Macdonald Purnell is a South African publishing house known for issuing significant works of local and international importance, including Nelson Mandela’s autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macdonald Purnell
Target entity description: Macdonald Purnell is a South African publishing house known for issuing significant works of local and international importance, including Nelson Mandela’s autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom."
  • A. John MacDougall
    John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
  • B. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Alois B. Richardson
    Alois B. Richardson was an early settler and influential figure in the development of the community that became the city of Richardson, Texas.
  • D. George M. Robeson
    George M. Robeson was a 19th-century American lawyer, Civil War general, and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Ulysses S. Grant.
  • E. Reginald Bevins
    Reginald Bevins was a British Conservative politician who held several ministerial posts in the mid-20th century, notably in Harold Macmillan’s government.
  • 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_69a88b08e4308190bdac9aebcca1c91a completed March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc1ee22988190b7fa28b0b62e8668 completed March 7, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae960554108190a202855ad0d3caaa completed March 9, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae96b399608190bfa846c433612142 completed March 9, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae977aac9c8190b5fecd5fea8893fd completed March 9, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.