Triple

T3243746
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Adelaide E68023 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Thomas Elder
Thomas Elder was a prominent 19th-century Scottish-Australian pastoralist, philanthropist, and politician whose generous endowments significantly advanced higher education and scientific research in South Australia.
 E339756 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: Thomas Elder | Statement: [University of Adelaide, foundedBy, Thomas Elder]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Elder
Context triple: [University of Adelaide, foundedBy, Thomas Elder]
  • A. William Railton
    William Railton was a 19th-century English architect best known for designing Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square.
  • B. Thomas Bladen
    Thomas Bladen was a colonial-era British official who served as governor of Maryland and lent his name to the town of Bladensburg.
  • C. James Dodd
    James Dodd is an actor known for his role in the fantasy superhero film "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."
  • D. Lewis Branscomb
    Lewis Branscomb was an American physicist and influential science and technology policy leader known for his work at the intersection of research, innovation, and public policy.
  • E. Burr McIntosh
    Burr McIntosh was an American character actor, photographer, and publisher active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his work in silent films and on the stage.
  • 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: Thomas Elder
Triple: [University of Adelaide, foundedBy, Thomas Elder]
Generated description
Thomas Elder was a prominent 19th-century Scottish-Australian pastoralist, philanthropist, and politician whose generous endowments significantly advanced higher education and scientific research in South Australia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Elder
Target entity description: Thomas Elder was a prominent 19th-century Scottish-Australian pastoralist, philanthropist, and politician whose generous endowments significantly advanced higher education and scientific research in South Australia.
  • A. William Railton
    William Railton was a 19th-century English architect best known for designing Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square.
  • B. Thomas Bladen
    Thomas Bladen was a colonial-era British official who served as governor of Maryland and lent his name to the town of Bladensburg.
  • C. James Dodd
    James Dodd is an actor known for his role in the fantasy superhero film "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."
  • D. Lewis Branscomb
    Lewis Branscomb was an American physicist and influential science and technology policy leader known for his work at the intersection of research, innovation, and public policy.
  • E. Burr McIntosh
    Burr McIntosh was an American character actor, photographer, and publisher active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his work in silent films and on the stage.
  • 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_69b2775be7c88190ba60b191f1c51e19 completed March 12, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b27846372c8190a5c96158bf2a5ff2 completed March 12, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2791ac4a08190a1cee3cfbca6e6d6 completed March 12, 2026, 8:28 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.