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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.