Triple
T3243745
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University of Adelaide |
E68023
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter Watson Hughes
Walter Watson Hughes was a 19th-century Scottish-Australian pastoralist and philanthropist whose substantial donations were pivotal in establishing higher education in South Australia.
|
E342339
|
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: Walter Watson Hughes | Statement: [University of Adelaide, foundedBy, Walter Watson Hughes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Watson Hughes Context triple: [University of Adelaide, foundedBy, Walter Watson Hughes]
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A.
Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Wilfrid Kent Hughes was an Australian politician and sports administrator who played a leading role in organizing the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
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B.
Jack Northrop
Jack Northrop was an influential American aircraft designer and aviation pioneer best known for founding the Northrop Corporation and advancing flying wing and all-metal aircraft designs.
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C.
William E. Boeing
William E. Boeing was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded the Boeing Company, which became one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers.
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D.
James Smith McDonnell
James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.
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E.
William Fairchild
William Fairchild was a British screenwriter and film director active in the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable war and drama films.
- 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: Walter Watson Hughes Triple: [University of Adelaide, foundedBy, Walter Watson Hughes]
Generated description
Walter Watson Hughes was a 19th-century Scottish-Australian pastoralist and philanthropist whose substantial donations were pivotal in establishing higher education in South Australia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Watson Hughes Target entity description: Walter Watson Hughes was a 19th-century Scottish-Australian pastoralist and philanthropist whose substantial donations were pivotal in establishing higher education in South Australia.
-
A.
Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Wilfrid Kent Hughes was an Australian politician and sports administrator who played a leading role in organizing the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
-
B.
Jack Northrop
Jack Northrop was an influential American aircraft designer and aviation pioneer best known for founding the Northrop Corporation and advancing flying wing and all-metal aircraft designs.
-
C.
William E. Boeing
William E. Boeing was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded the Boeing Company, which became one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers.
-
D.
James Smith McDonnell
James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.
-
E.
William Fairchild
William Fairchild was a British screenwriter and film director active in the mid-20th century, known for his work on several notable war and drama films.
- 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_69ad858e4c708190aa31d486cfee8a6a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaf1856708190b072efbb27920ade |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b28eadeff481909bd48cdf51044f86 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b28f9e12488190b93355b783300264 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b2c092063481909982dea3f71c00c1 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.