Triple

T2429706
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Queensway Tunnel E52812 entity
Predicate chiefEngineer P616 FINISHED
Object John Brodie
John Brodie was a British civil engineer best known for his major infrastructure projects in Liverpool, including pioneering road tunnels and urban planning innovations.
E280923 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: John Brodie | Statement: [Queensway Tunnel, chiefEngineer, John Brodie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Brodie
Context triple: [Queensway Tunnel, chiefEngineer, John Brodie]
  • A. John Brotherton
    John Brotherton is an American actor known for his roles in horror films like "The Conjuring" and television series such as "Fuller House."
  • B. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • C. Donald Finlay
    Donald Finlay was a British hurdler and Royal Air Force officer who twice medaled in the Olympic 110m hurdles and later took the athletes' oath at the 1948 London Games.
  • D. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
  • E. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • 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: John Brodie
Triple: [Queensway Tunnel, chiefEngineer, John Brodie]
Generated description
John Brodie was a British civil engineer best known for his major infrastructure projects in Liverpool, including pioneering road tunnels and urban planning innovations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Brodie
Target entity description: John Brodie was a British civil engineer best known for his major infrastructure projects in Liverpool, including pioneering road tunnels and urban planning innovations.
  • A. John Brotherton
    John Brotherton is an American actor known for his roles in horror films like "The Conjuring" and television series such as "Fuller House."
  • B. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • C. Donald Finlay
    Donald Finlay was a British hurdler and Royal Air Force officer who twice medaled in the Olympic 110m hurdles and later took the athletes' oath at the 1948 London Games.
  • D. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
  • E. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • 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_69ab4959bcc0819083246f9fb10439e3 completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc99fcd048190a85b95a9a8ae6d4d completed March 7, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af8376d6dc81909bf1e5caefb304ef completed March 10, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af845372448190af97bd61652787ba completed March 10, 2026, 2:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af84c22da08190bc06c4177cc05856 completed March 10, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:43 p.m.