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]
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A.
Bill Rowling
Bill Rowling was a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister in the mid-1970s.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.