Triple
T3346589
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
E70388
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Isaac Thornycroft |
E350400
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: John Isaac Thornycroft | Statement: [John I. Thornycroft & Company, namedAfter, John Isaac Thornycroft]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Isaac Thornycroft Context triple: [John I. Thornycroft & Company, namedAfter, John Isaac Thornycroft]
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A.
John Isaac Thornycroft
chosen
John Isaac Thornycroft was a British engineer and naval architect renowned for pioneering high-speed naval vessels and founding a major shipbuilding firm.
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B.
Charles L. Parsons
Charles L. Parsons was an American chemist and longtime American Chemical Society leader recognized for his significant contributions to the chemical profession.
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C.
Frank Pick
Frank Pick was a pioneering British transport administrator and design visionary best known for shaping the visual identity of the London Underground through his patronage of modern typography, architecture, and graphic design.
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D.
Sir William Cubitt
Sir William Cubitt was a prominent 19th-century English civil engineer known for major infrastructure projects, including canals, railways, and the design of the London & Blackwall Railway.
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E.
George Goschen
George Goschen was a British Conservative politician and statesman of the late 19th century who held several high offices, including leadership roles in naval administration.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb1f4ff888190bf14b9b7fbe9bcee |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b33429da9c8190bb1b62b0130e3d03 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.