Triple

T259040
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Oxford E5499 entity
Predicate notableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, philologist, and academic best known as the author of the high-fantasy novels "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."
E33718 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: J. R. R. Tolkien | Statement: [University of Oxford, notableAlumni, J. R. R. Tolkien]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. R. R. Tolkien
Context triple: [University of Oxford, notableAlumni, J. R. R. Tolkien]
  • A. Bill Rowling
    Bill Rowling was a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister in the mid-1970s.
  • B. Neil Gaiman
    Neil Gaiman is a British author renowned for his imaginative fantasy works across novels, comics, and screen, including "American Gods," "Coraline," and the graphic novel series "The Sandman."
  • C. Ernest Merritt
    Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
  • D. Robert May
    Robert May was a prominent theoretical ecologist and mathematical biologist known for his influential work on population dynamics and the application of chaos theory to ecology.
  • E. Terry Pratchett
    Terry Pratchett was a British fantasy author best known for his satirical Discworld series, which blends humor, social commentary, and imaginative world-building.
  • 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: J. R. R. Tolkien
Triple: [University of Oxford, notableAlumni, J. R. R. Tolkien]
Generated description
J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, philologist, and academic best known as the author of the high-fantasy novels "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. R. R. Tolkien
Target entity description: J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, philologist, and academic best known as the author of the high-fantasy novels "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."
  • A. Bill Rowling
    Bill Rowling was a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister in the mid-1970s.
  • B. Neil Gaiman
    Neil Gaiman is a British author renowned for his imaginative fantasy works across novels, comics, and screen, including "American Gods," "Coraline," and the graphic novel series "The Sandman."
  • C. Ernest Merritt
    Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
  • D. Robert May
    Robert May was a prominent theoretical ecologist and mathematical biologist known for his influential work on population dynamics and the application of chaos theory to ecology.
  • E. Terry Pratchett
    Terry Pratchett was a British fantasy author best known for his satirical Discworld series, which blends humor, social commentary, and imaginative world-building.
  • 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_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d71a10c8190894c86e7a67c5974 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3837622cc819096df20695413b5c0 completed March 1, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a38470215c8190b6541ab567ca5721 completed March 1, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a384cbfbec81909a3ae67f51dadfb3 completed March 1, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.