Triple
T277068
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herbert Spencer |
E5272
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer
William George Spencer was an English schoolteacher and nonconformist educator whose progressive, scientific approach to teaching significantly shaped the philosophical development of his son, Herbert Spencer.
|
E36044
|
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: Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer | Statement: [Herbert Spencer, influencedBy, Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer Context triple: [Herbert Spencer, influencedBy, Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer]
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A.
Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin, not the naturalist)
Charles Darwin was the son of the physician, poet, and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin and a member of the prominent Darwin family, distinct from his more famous naturalist grandson of the same name.
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B.
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer was a 19th-century English philosopher and sociologist best known for applying evolutionary theory to social and ethical issues and popularizing the concept of "survival of the fittest."
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C.
Robert Darwin
Robert Darwin was an English physician and financier best known as the father of naturalist Charles Darwin and a member of the prominent Darwin–Wedgwood family.
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D.
Henry Malthus
Henry Malthus was a son of the influential British economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus, known primarily through this familial connection.
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E.
James Mill
James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and prominent utilitarian philosopher associated with Jeremy Bentham and the early 19th-century British reform 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: Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer Triple: [Herbert Spencer, influencedBy, Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer]
Generated description
William George Spencer was an English schoolteacher and nonconformist educator whose progressive, scientific approach to teaching significantly shaped the philosophical development of his son, Herbert Spencer.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer Target entity description: William George Spencer was an English schoolteacher and nonconformist educator whose progressive, scientific approach to teaching significantly shaped the philosophical development of his son, Herbert Spencer.
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A.
Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin, not the naturalist)
Charles Darwin was the son of the physician, poet, and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin and a member of the prominent Darwin family, distinct from his more famous naturalist grandson of the same name.
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B.
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer was a 19th-century English philosopher and sociologist best known for applying evolutionary theory to social and ethical issues and popularizing the concept of "survival of the fittest."
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C.
Robert Darwin
Robert Darwin was an English physician and financier best known as the father of naturalist Charles Darwin and a member of the prominent Darwin–Wedgwood family.
-
D.
Henry Malthus
Henry Malthus was a son of the influential British economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus, known primarily through this familial connection.
-
E.
James Mill
James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and prominent utilitarian philosopher associated with Jeremy Bentham and the early 19th-century British reform 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_69a257e6c8788190987dfe705ca2912a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25ded68c88190b1fc595ce329aeb9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a391525a7081909166884a8ea47ace |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a391e734148190a56e6a07447af304 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3924ca2148190811f9d376805d0cd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:11 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.