Triple

T2485401
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philosophical Investigations E55914 entity
Predicate publisher P29 FINISHED
Object Basil Blackwell
Basil Blackwell was a prominent British publisher and bookseller best known for his influential role in academic and philosophical publishing in the 20th century.
 E271122 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: Basil Blackwell | Statement: [Philosophical Investigations, publisher, Basil Blackwell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Basil Blackwell
Context triple: [Philosophical Investigations, publisher, Basil Blackwell]
  • A. John Burningham
    John Burningham was a renowned British author and illustrator of children's books, celebrated for his distinctive, whimsical artwork and storytelling.
  • B. Paul Bacon
    Paul Bacon was an influential American graphic designer and illustrator renowned for pioneering the "big book" cover style for major 20th-century novels and jazz albums.
  • C. Nicholas Beauman
    Nicholas Beauman is a British editor and publisher known for championing and reissuing neglected literary works, particularly through the imprint Persephone Books.
  • D. David A. Black
    David A. Black is a Ruby programmer, author, and educator best known for his influential books and contributions to the Ruby community.
  • E. Charles Askowith
    Charles Askowith was the designer responsible for creating the modern flag of Israel.
  • 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: Basil Blackwell
Triple: [Philosophical Investigations, publisher, Basil Blackwell]
Generated description
Basil Blackwell was a prominent British publisher and bookseller best known for his influential role in academic and philosophical publishing in the 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Basil Blackwell
Target entity description: Basil Blackwell was a prominent British publisher and bookseller best known for his influential role in academic and philosophical publishing in the 20th century.
  • A. John Burningham
    John Burningham was a renowned British author and illustrator of children's books, celebrated for his distinctive, whimsical artwork and storytelling.
  • B. Paul Bacon
    Paul Bacon was an influential American graphic designer and illustrator renowned for pioneering the "big book" cover style for major 20th-century novels and jazz albums.
  • C. Nicholas Beauman
    Nicholas Beauman is a British editor and publisher known for championing and reissuing neglected literary works, particularly through the imprint Persephone Books.
  • D. David A. Black
    David A. Black is a Ruby programmer, author, and educator best known for his influential books and contributions to the Ruby community.
  • E. Charles Askowith
    Charles Askowith was the designer responsible for creating the modern flag of Israel.
  • 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_69ab49e670a88190b928e08302381710 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd175f5ac8190870db9c6cb8e45bd completed March 7, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af17ba433481908eccda5c6c6246be completed March 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af1bbf545081908e1e51b5c7e4a196 completed March 9, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af1c9c35648190bdeab34ce4032d26 completed March 9, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.