Triple

T2328047
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Paterson E48335 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Paterson
Paterson is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, law, sports, and the arts.
E433869 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: Paterson | Statement: [William Paterson, familyName, Paterson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paterson
Context triple: [William Paterson, familyName, Paterson]
  • A. Paterson
    Paterson is an Australian federal electoral division in New South Wales, represented in the national Parliament.
  • B. Paterson, New Jersey
    Paterson, New Jersey is a historic industrial city in northern New Jersey known for its diverse immigrant communities, including a significant Dutch American presence.
  • C. Newburgh
    Newburgh is a small rural village in Lancashire, England, known for its historic buildings and scenic countryside setting.
  • D. Newburgh
    Newburgh is a small historic town in eastern Scotland known for its scenic setting on the River Tay and its traditional Scottish character.
  • E. Newark
    Newark was the early colonial town that served as the first capital of Upper Canada, located at the mouth of the Niagara River (now known as Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario).
  • 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: Paterson
Triple: [William Paterson, familyName, Paterson]
Generated description
Paterson is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, law, sports, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paterson
Target entity description: Paterson is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, law, sports, and the arts.
  • A. Paterson
    Paterson is an Australian federal electoral division in New South Wales, represented in the national Parliament.
  • B. Paterson, New Jersey
    Paterson, New Jersey is a historic industrial city in northern New Jersey known for its diverse immigrant communities, including a significant Dutch American presence.
  • C. Newburgh
    Newburgh is a small rural village in Lancashire, England, known for its historic buildings and scenic countryside setting.
  • D. Newburgh
    Newburgh is a small historic town in eastern Scotland known for its scenic setting on the River Tay and its traditional Scottish character.
  • E. Newark
    Newark is a small suburban city in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, located near the southern end of the East Bay.
  • 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_69a88aa308a88190b0b86c011fda7fce completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc64c7f1881909b0d847f7782e803 completed March 7, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5db49ec24819098594c395bc88fe8 completed March 14, 2026, 10:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5dbff26d081909b22ab4e050bb972 completed March 14, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5dfad9f688190b74ddb2ab4c72496 completed March 14, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:50 p.m.