Triple

T2816691
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford E54304 entity
Predicate hasNotableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object James Bradley
James Bradley was an 18th-century English astronomer best known for discovering the aberration of starlight and providing strong evidence for the Earth's motion around the Sun.
E300820 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: James Bradley | Statement: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, James Bradley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Bradley
Context triple: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, James Bradley]
  • A. Edmund Halley
    Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
  • B. Charles Clerke
    Charles Clerke was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for serving under James Cook on all three of Cook’s Pacific voyages and ultimately commanding the final expedition after Cook’s death.
  • C. William Marsden
    William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
  • D. William Smyth
    William Smyth was a prominent British historian and academic who became one of the leading figures in modern historical scholarship at the University of Cambridge.
  • E. Charles Mason
    Charles Mason was an 18th-century English astronomer and surveyor best known for co-surveying the Mason–Dixon Line that defined part of the boundary between the American colonies.
  • 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: James Bradley
Triple: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, James Bradley]
Generated description
James Bradley was an 18th-century English astronomer best known for discovering the aberration of starlight and providing strong evidence for the Earth's motion around the Sun.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Bradley
Target entity description: James Bradley was an 18th-century English astronomer best known for discovering the aberration of starlight and providing strong evidence for the Earth's motion around the Sun.
  • A. Edmund Halley
    Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
  • B. Charles Clerke
    Charles Clerke was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for serving under James Cook on all three of Cook’s Pacific voyages and ultimately commanding the final expedition after Cook’s death.
  • C. William Marsden
    William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
  • D. William Smyth
    William Smyth was a prominent British historian and academic who became one of the leading figures in modern historical scholarship at the University of Cambridge.
  • E. Charles Mason
    Charles Mason was an 18th-century English astronomer and surveyor best known for co-surveying the Mason–Dixon Line that defined part of the boundary between the American colonies.
  • 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_69ab49de0af08190b3da69683be1e728 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abde4ed4ac81909f1ec4a3f7869bc1 completed March 7, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afcea2386481908e062280eb5b07db completed March 10, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afcf12e3a0819098f28d31434a0c5f completed March 10, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afcf9c2d308190b111aa8038c9227a completed March 10, 2026, 8 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:59 p.m.