Triple

T2634476
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johnston typeface E59711 entity
Predicate designer P184 FINISHED
Object Edward Johnston
Edward Johnston was a British calligrapher and type designer best known for creating the iconic sans-serif typeface used by the London Underground.
 E283355 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: Edward Johnston | Statement: [Johnston typeface, designer, Edward Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Johnston
Context triple: [Johnston typeface, designer, Edward Johnston]
  • A. Robert Lorimer
    Robert Lorimer was a prominent early 20th-century Scottish architect and designer known for his refined restoration work and contributions to the Arts and Crafts movement.
  • B. Lee Lawrie
    Lee Lawrie was a prominent American architectural sculptor known for his Art Deco works, including major contributions to Rockefeller Center in New York City.
  • C. Hew Lorimer
    Hew Lorimer was a 20th-century Scottish sculptor known for his religious and architectural stone carvings that feature prominently on notable public buildings in Scotland.
  • D. Cecil Hart
    Cecil Hart was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey coach and manager, best known for his successful tenure with the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL.
  • E. Raymond Unwin
    Raymond Unwin was a prominent British town planner and architect renowned for pioneering humane, low-density urban design and helping shape the early 20th-century garden city and garden suburb movement.
  • 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: Edward Johnston
Triple: [Johnston typeface, designer, Edward Johnston]
Generated description
Edward Johnston was a British calligrapher and type designer best known for creating the iconic sans-serif typeface used by the London Underground.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Johnston
Target entity description: Edward Johnston was a British calligrapher and type designer best known for creating the iconic sans-serif typeface used by the London Underground.
  • A. Robert Lorimer
    Robert Lorimer was a prominent early 20th-century Scottish architect and designer known for his refined restoration work and contributions to the Arts and Crafts movement.
  • B. Lee Lawrie
    Lee Lawrie was a prominent American architectural sculptor known for his Art Deco works, including major contributions to Rockefeller Center in New York City.
  • C. Hew Lorimer
    Hew Lorimer was a 20th-century Scottish sculptor known for his religious and architectural stone carvings that feature prominently on notable public buildings in Scotland.
  • D. Cecil Hart
    Cecil Hart was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey coach and manager, best known for his successful tenure with the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL.
  • E. Raymond Unwin
    Raymond Unwin was a prominent British town planner and architect renowned for pioneering humane, low-density urban design and helping shape the early 20th-century garden city and garden suburb movement.
  • 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_69ab4ac8596c8190b34997e73d9e991c completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd8e085b0819089db4103c0d8cd9b completed March 7, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af90ac94d48190b3138abac9934ec8 completed March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af91625bd481908d3666af3cd3733f completed March 10, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af91f9e1208190aa149c9afc84911c completed March 10, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.