Triple

T30298
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hugh Dowding E604 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Sholto Douglas
Sholto Douglas was a senior Royal Air Force commander who played a key leadership role in British air operations during and after the Second World War.
E17712 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: Sholto Douglas | Statement: [Hugh Dowding, successor, Sholto Douglas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sholto Douglas
Context triple: [Hugh Dowding, successor, Sholto Douglas]
  • A. Edward Fox
    Edward Fox is an English actor renowned for his roles in films such as "The Day of the Jackal" and "A Bridge Too Far."
  • B. 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.
  • C. Basil Rathbone
    Basil Rathbone was a British actor best known for his definitive film portrayals of Sherlock Holmes in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Robert Empie Rogers
    Robert Empie Rogers was a 19th-century American chemist and educator known for his contributions to analytical chemistry and his role in advancing scientific education.
  • E. John Curran
    John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter known for character-driven dramas such as "Chappaquiddick," "We Don't Live Here Anymore," and "The Painted Veil."
  • 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: Sholto Douglas
Triple: [Hugh Dowding, successor, Sholto Douglas]
Generated description
Sholto Douglas was a senior Royal Air Force commander who played a key leadership role in British air operations during and after the Second World War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sholto Douglas
Target entity description: Sholto Douglas was a senior Royal Air Force commander who played a key leadership role in British air operations during and after the Second World War.
  • A. Edward Fox
    Edward Fox is an English actor renowned for his roles in films such as "The Day of the Jackal" and "A Bridge Too Far."
  • B. 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.
  • C. Basil Rathbone
    Basil Rathbone was a British actor best known for his definitive film portrayals of Sherlock Holmes in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Robert Empie Rogers
    Robert Empie Rogers was a 19th-century American chemist and educator known for his contributions to analytical chemistry and his role in advancing scientific education.
  • E. John Curran
    John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter known for character-driven dramas such as "Chappaquiddick," "We Don't Live Here Anymore," and "The Painted Veil."
  • 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_69a2479dec388190967ba648663442c9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24876ada48190b366ba8b9320ebb0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2c26f0f208190b407df744062d1f0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2c2f847e481908ad825c2bbe69e99 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2c353f96c8190845a76bdd3ab6834 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:28 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.