Triple

T2643028
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir John Falstaff E62917 entity
Predicate inspiredBy P9 FINISHED
Object Sir John Oldcastle (name only, disputed)
Sir John Oldcastle was a 15th-century English Lollard leader and nobleman whose life and reputation later influenced the creation of Shakespeare’s comic character Falstaff, though the direct name connection is historically disputed.
E285181 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: Sir John Oldcastle (name only, disputed) | Statement: [Sir John Falstaff, inspiredBy, Sir John Oldcastle (name only, disputed)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Oldcastle (name only, disputed)
Context triple: [Sir John Falstaff, inspiredBy, Sir John Oldcastle (name only, disputed)]
  • A. Thomas More
    Thomas More was an English Renaissance humanist, lawyer, statesman, and author best known for his work "Utopia" and his principled opposition to King Henry VIII’s break with the Catholic Church.
  • B. Nicholas Bacon
    Nicholas Bacon was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Queen Elizabeth I.
  • C. William Cornysh
    William Cornysh was an English Renaissance composer and dramatist known for his influential sacred and secular music at the Tudor court.
  • D. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
    Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman and poet credited with pioneering the English sonnet form and introducing blank verse into English literature.
  • E. Samuel Rutherford
    Samuel Rutherford was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and political thinker best known for his influential work on church-state relations and his role in the Covenanter 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: Sir John Oldcastle (name only, disputed)
Triple: [Sir John Falstaff, inspiredBy, Sir John Oldcastle (name only, disputed)]
Generated description
Sir John Oldcastle was a 15th-century English Lollard leader and nobleman whose life and reputation later influenced the creation of Shakespeare’s comic character Falstaff, though the direct name connection is historically disputed.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Oldcastle (name only, disputed)
Target entity description: Sir John Oldcastle was a 15th-century English Lollard leader and nobleman whose life and reputation later influenced the creation of Shakespeare’s comic character Falstaff, though the direct name connection is historically disputed.
  • A. Thomas More
    Thomas More was an English Renaissance humanist, lawyer, statesman, and author best known for his work "Utopia" and his principled opposition to King Henry VIII’s break with the Catholic Church.
  • B. Nicholas Bacon
    Nicholas Bacon was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Queen Elizabeth I.
  • C. William Cornysh
    William Cornysh was an English Renaissance composer and dramatist known for his influential sacred and secular music at the Tudor court.
  • D. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
    Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was a prominent 16th-century English nobleman and poet credited with pioneering the English sonnet form and introducing blank verse into English literature.
  • E. Samuel Rutherford
    Samuel Rutherford was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and political thinker best known for his influential work on church-state relations and his role in the Covenanter 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_69ab4c3f2dcc819082df80f5e032f690 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd8ff34988190ba9d69ce9d77c71d completed March 7, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af98c2bde8819085fbe1e5221be88d completed March 10, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af992fafc88190a95b09b7aebeb5a9 completed March 10, 2026, 4:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af9983ff8881909273212c6fc6a218 completed March 10, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.