Triple

T23335653
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Greenock Cut E591573 entity
Predicate engineer P184 FINISHED
Object Robert Thom
Robert Thom was a 19th-century Scottish civil engineer best known for designing innovative water supply systems, including the Greenock Cut aqueduct.
 E1579910 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: Robert Thom | Statement: [Greenock Cut, engineer, Robert Thom]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Thom
Context triple: [Greenock Cut, engineer, Robert Thom]
  • A. Gustav Lindenthal
    Gustav Lindenthal was an influential early 20th-century civil engineer renowned for designing major American steel bridges and advancing long-span bridge construction.
  • B. John Frank Stevens
    John Frank Stevens was an American civil engineer best known for his pivotal role in organizing and directing early construction and infrastructure work on the Panama Canal.
  • C. Walter P. Moore
    Walter P. Moore was a prominent American structural engineer known for pioneering work on large-span sports facilities and innovative stadium designs.
  • D. Bruce Smeaton
    Bruce Smeaton is an Australian composer best known for his film scores, particularly for notable Australian and international movies from the 1970s onward.
  • E. Arturo Yamasaki
    Arturo Yamasaki was a prominent Peruvian-Mexican football referee best known for officiating major international matches, including the famed 1970 World Cup "Game of the Century" between Italy and West Germany.
  • 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: Robert Thom
Triple: [Greenock Cut, engineer, Robert Thom]
Generated description
Robert Thom was a 19th-century Scottish civil engineer best known for designing innovative water supply systems, including the Greenock Cut aqueduct.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Thom
Target entity description: Robert Thom was a 19th-century Scottish civil engineer best known for designing innovative water supply systems, including the Greenock Cut aqueduct.
  • A. Gustav Lindenthal
    Gustav Lindenthal was an influential early 20th-century civil engineer renowned for designing major American steel bridges and advancing long-span bridge construction.
  • B. John Frank Stevens
    John Frank Stevens was an American civil engineer best known for his pivotal role in organizing and directing early construction and infrastructure work on the Panama Canal.
  • C. Walter P. Moore
    Walter P. Moore was a prominent American structural engineer known for pioneering work on large-span sports facilities and innovative stadium designs.
  • D. Bruce Smeaton
    Bruce Smeaton is an Australian composer best known for his film scores, particularly for notable Australian and international movies from the 1970s onward.
  • E. Arturo Yamasaki
    Arturo Yamasaki was a prominent Peruvian-Mexican football referee best known for officiating major international matches, including the famed 1970 World Cup "Game of the Century" between Italy and West Germany.
  • 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_69e25d20156c81908c5c53195bd9c738 completed April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f197f1e0588190bf073b92be0bf9e4 completed April 29, 2026, 5:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c4cb282d081908ed8fa395460d7db completed May 19, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c4f634a70819088f627f13bdfe7da completed May 19, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c4fc72a9c8190862256fac24682a1 completed May 19, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:16 p.m.