Triple

T2816693
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford E54304 entity
Predicate hasNotableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object Herbert Hall Turner
Herbert Hall Turner was a prominent British astronomer and seismologist known for his work on stellar cataloguing, the discovery of deep-focus earthquakes, and his leadership in early 20th-century international astronomical projects.
E300821 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 Hall Turner | Statement: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Herbert Hall Turner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Hall Turner
Context triple: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Herbert Hall Turner]
  • A. Samuel DeWitt Proctor
    Samuel DeWitt Proctor was an influential American Baptist minister, educator, and civil rights leader who served as a prominent pastor and public intellectual in the mid-20th century.
  • B. G. E. H. Palmer
    G. E. H. Palmer was a British scholar and translator best known for co-translating the influential Eastern Orthodox spiritual anthology *The Philokalia* into English.
  • C. John Galen Howard
    John Galen Howard was an influential American architect best known for shaping the early 20th-century architectural landscape of the University of California, Berkeley campus.
  • D. Sylvanus G. Morley
    Sylvanus G. Morley was an American archaeologist and epigrapher renowned for his pioneering research on Maya civilization and hieroglyphic writing.
  • E. Lyman Cornelius Smith
    Lyman Cornelius Smith was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for his role in the typewriter and firearms industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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 Hall Turner
Triple: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Herbert Hall Turner]
Generated description
Herbert Hall Turner was a prominent British astronomer and seismologist known for his work on stellar cataloguing, the discovery of deep-focus earthquakes, and his leadership in early 20th-century international astronomical projects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Hall Turner
Target entity description: Herbert Hall Turner was a prominent British astronomer and seismologist known for his work on stellar cataloguing, the discovery of deep-focus earthquakes, and his leadership in early 20th-century international astronomical projects.
  • A. Samuel DeWitt Proctor
    Samuel DeWitt Proctor was an influential American Baptist minister, educator, and civil rights leader who served as a prominent pastor and public intellectual in the mid-20th century.
  • B. G. E. H. Palmer
    G. E. H. Palmer was a British scholar and translator best known for co-translating the influential Eastern Orthodox spiritual anthology *The Philokalia* into English.
  • C. John Galen Howard
    John Galen Howard was an influential American architect best known for shaping the early 20th-century architectural landscape of the University of California, Berkeley campus.
  • D. Sylvanus G. Morley
    Sylvanus G. Morley was an American archaeologist and epigrapher renowned for his pioneering research on Maya civilization and hieroglyphic writing.
  • E. Lyman Cornelius Smith
    Lyman Cornelius Smith was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for his role in the typewriter and firearms industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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.