Triple

T22970552
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kilby E571174 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Thomas Kilby
Thomas Kilby is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known public or historical information is readily available.
 E1570459 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: Thomas Kilby | Statement: [Kilby, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Kilby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Kilby
Context triple: [Kilby, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Kilby]
  • A. William Edmonds
    William Edmonds is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Edmonds, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established from this context alone.
  • B. George Franklin Edmonds
    George Franklin Edmonds was an early settler and influential local figure in the Pacific Northwest after whom the city of Edmonds, Washington, was named.
  • C. John Townsend
    John Townsend was a distiller and entrepreneur best known for establishing the Scapa whisky distillery in the Orkney Islands of Scotland.
  • D. John Batey
    John Batey is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Batey.
  • E. Murray Grindlay
    Murray Grindlay is a New Zealand musician and composer best known for creating the music for the film "Once Were Warriors."
  • 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: Thomas Kilby
Triple: [Kilby, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Kilby]
Generated description
Thomas Kilby is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known public or historical information is readily available.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Kilby
Target entity description: Thomas Kilby is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known public or historical information is readily available.
  • A. William Edmonds
    William Edmonds is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Edmonds, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established from this context alone.
  • B. George Franklin Edmonds
    George Franklin Edmonds was an early settler and influential local figure in the Pacific Northwest after whom the city of Edmonds, Washington, was named.
  • C. John Townsend
    John Townsend was a distiller and entrepreneur best known for establishing the Scapa whisky distillery in the Orkney Islands of Scotland.
  • D. John Batey
    John Batey is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Batey.
  • E. Murray Grindlay
    Murray Grindlay is a New Zealand musician and composer best known for creating the music for the film "Once Were Warriors."
  • 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_69e245b2c6548190a0e4c7f2f7df2d48 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1823272c4819083e4653d231facec completed April 29, 2026, 3:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c1599f45c8190818a8514439aba9d completed May 19, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c1b212f088190a31e0d314f6424df completed May 19, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c1b7c4ae0819086f2909140553d4b completed May 19, 2026, 8:12 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:48 p.m.