Triple

T2843311
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brian Pippard E62520 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Pippard
Pippard is an English surname most notably associated with physicist Sir Brian Pippard, a pioneer in the study of superconductivity.
 E303558 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: Pippard | Statement: [Brian Pippard, familyName, Pippard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pippard
Context triple: [Brian Pippard, familyName, Pippard]
  • A. Perring
    Perring was a 19th-century British engineer and Egyptologist known for his early surveys and studies of Egyptian pyramids.
  • B. Yates
    Yates is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across literature, politics, sports, and other fields.
  • C. Parbold
    Parbold is a village in Lancashire, England, known for its scenic setting near the River Douglas and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
  • D. Pritchard
    Pritchard is the middle name of Alfred P. Sloan, the influential long-time president and chairman of General Motors.
  • E. Tizard
    Tizard is an English surname most notably associated with Sir Henry Tizard, a British chemist and key scientific adviser in the development of radar before and during World War II.
  • 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: Pippard
Triple: [Brian Pippard, familyName, Pippard]
Generated description
Pippard is an English surname most notably associated with physicist Sir Brian Pippard, a pioneer in the study of superconductivity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pippard
Target entity description: Pippard is an English surname most notably associated with physicist Sir Brian Pippard, a pioneer in the study of superconductivity.
  • A. Perring
    Perring was a 19th-century British engineer and Egyptologist known for his early surveys and studies of Egyptian pyramids.
  • B. Yates
    Yates is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across literature, politics, sports, and other fields.
  • C. Parbold
    Parbold is a village in Lancashire, England, known for its scenic setting near the River Douglas and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
  • D. Pritchard
    Pritchard is the middle name of Alfred P. Sloan, the influential long-time president and chairman of General Motors.
  • E. Tizard
    Tizard is an English surname most notably associated with Sir Henry Tizard, a British chemist and key scientific adviser in the development of radar before and during World War II.
  • 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_69ab4c3d16bc81908b3a1c98fbd287fe completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdf1a07508190be35fe85733ddeed completed March 7, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afe8d570388190b4ed81ace605c6c3 completed March 10, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afe9ba068881908727c82d5eddb974 completed March 10, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b00412e7448190898050f18f64ea9a completed March 10, 2026, 11:44 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:01 p.m.