Triple

T2816715
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford E54304 entity
Predicate hasNotableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object Harold Knox-Shaw
Harold Knox-Shaw was a British astronomer known for his influential academic work and leadership in observational astronomy during the early 20th century.
E308516 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: Harold Knox-Shaw | Statement: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Harold Knox-Shaw]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold Knox-Shaw
Context triple: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Harold Knox-Shaw]
  • A. Archibald Alexander Leach
    Archibald Alexander Leach was the birth name of Cary Grant, the iconic British-American film actor renowned for his debonair charm and roles in classic Hollywood cinema.
  • B. Alan Lennox-Boyd
    Alan Lennox-Boyd was a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Colonial Secretary during the 1950s, overseeing key stages of decolonisation in the British Empire.
  • C. Claude Auchinleck
    Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
  • D. Hardwicke Rawnsley
    Hardwicke Rawnsley was a British clergyman, conservationist, and social reformer best known as a co-founder of the National Trust and an early protector of the Lake District’s natural and cultural heritage.
  • E. Sir Charles William Somerset Marling
    Sir Charles William Somerset Marling is a British baronet and landowner best known as the father of singer-songwriter Laura Marling.
  • 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: Harold Knox-Shaw
Triple: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Harold Knox-Shaw]
Generated description
Harold Knox-Shaw was a British astronomer known for his influential academic work and leadership in observational astronomy during the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold Knox-Shaw
Target entity description: Harold Knox-Shaw was a British astronomer known for his influential academic work and leadership in observational astronomy during the early 20th century.
  • A. Archibald Alexander Leach
    Archibald Alexander Leach was the birth name of Cary Grant, the iconic British-American film actor renowned for his debonair charm and roles in classic Hollywood cinema.
  • B. Alan Lennox-Boyd
    Alan Lennox-Boyd was a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Colonial Secretary during the 1950s, overseeing key stages of decolonisation in the British Empire.
  • C. Claude Auchinleck
    Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
  • D. Hardwicke Rawnsley
    Hardwicke Rawnsley was a British clergyman, conservationist, and social reformer best known as a co-founder of the National Trust and an early protector of the Lake District’s natural and cultural heritage.
  • E. Sir Charles William Somerset Marling
    Sir Charles William Somerset Marling is a British baronet and landowner best known as the father of singer-songwriter Laura Marling.
  • 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_69abde500d3c8190b435a20a0f9d3b9d completed March 7, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b03127f0808190841fa2572baaf5a7 completed March 10, 2026, 2:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0350e36688190ba9b37486fbe5bcb completed March 10, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0390cb17c81909ca357726b20de35 completed March 10, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:59 p.m.