Triple
T2525261
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Samuel Johnson |
E56018
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Boswell
James Boswell was an 18th-century Scottish lawyer, diarist, and biographer best known for writing the seminal biography "The Life of Samuel Johnson."
|
E273948
|
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: James Boswell | Statement: [Samuel Johnson, influenced, James Boswell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Boswell Context triple: [Samuel Johnson, influenced, James Boswell]
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A.
Henry Brougham
Henry Brougham was a prominent 19th-century British statesman, lawyer, and reformer who played a key role in the abolition of slavery and the passing of the 1832 Reform Act.
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B.
M. H. Baillie Scott
M. H. Baillie Scott was a British architect and designer renowned for his influential domestic architecture and interiors that helped define the Arts and Crafts aesthetic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
John Carlyle
John Carlyle was an 18th-century Scottish merchant and prominent early resident of Alexandria, Virginia, whose wealth and status are reflected in the grand Carlyle House built for him.
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D.
St Boswells
St Boswells is a village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, known for its picturesque rural setting and historic market-town character.
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E.
William Robertson
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
- 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: James Boswell Triple: [Samuel Johnson, influenced, James Boswell]
Generated description
James Boswell was an 18th-century Scottish lawyer, diarist, and biographer best known for writing the seminal biography "The Life of Samuel Johnson."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Boswell Target entity description: James Boswell was an 18th-century Scottish lawyer, diarist, and biographer best known for writing the seminal biography "The Life of Samuel Johnson."
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A.
Henry Brougham
Henry Brougham was a prominent 19th-century British statesman, lawyer, and reformer who played a key role in the abolition of slavery and the passing of the 1832 Reform Act.
-
B.
M. H. Baillie Scott
M. H. Baillie Scott was a British architect and designer renowned for his influential domestic architecture and interiors that helped define the Arts and Crafts aesthetic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
C.
John Carlyle
John Carlyle was an 18th-century Scottish merchant and prominent early resident of Alexandria, Virginia, whose wealth and status are reflected in the grand Carlyle House built for him.
-
D.
St Boswells
St Boswells is a village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, known for its picturesque rural setting and historic market-town character.
-
E.
William Robertson
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
- 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_69ab4a48e4f081908f1218d244608659 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd2544b4481908e105294cebdbb1f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af2bacd4108190980b32c9fa302a72 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af4413795481908f420ee7832c7b65 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 10:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af4479ef6481908b0a74b5e989b6d0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:46 p.m.