Triple

T3459954
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Institution of Civil Engineers E72999 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object James Walker
James Walker was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for his influential role in advancing the profession and shaping major infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom.
E358558 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: James Walker | Statement: [Institution of Civil Engineers, foundedBy, James Walker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Walker
Context triple: [Institution of Civil Engineers, foundedBy, James Walker]
  • A. Rob Walker
    Rob Walker is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the semiconductor company LSI Logic.
  • B. Joseph Walker
    Joseph Walker was a prominent American cinematographer best known for his influential work during Hollywood’s Golden Age, particularly in collaboration with director Frank Capra.
  • C. John Williams Walker
    John Williams Walker was an early 19th-century American politician who served as one of Alabama’s first U.S. senators and played a key role in the state’s early political development.
  • D. Charles Joseph Walker
    Charles Joseph Walker was the husband of pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
  • E. James Campbell Walker
    James Campbell Walker was a 19th-century Scottish architect known for designing notable public buildings, including several Carnegie libraries.
  • 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: James Walker
Triple: [Institution of Civil Engineers, foundedBy, James Walker]
Generated description
James Walker was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for his influential role in advancing the profession and shaping major infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Walker
Target entity description: James Walker was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for his influential role in advancing the profession and shaping major infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom.
  • A. Rob Walker
    Rob Walker is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the semiconductor company LSI Logic.
  • B. Joseph Walker
    Joseph Walker was a prominent American cinematographer best known for his influential work during Hollywood’s Golden Age, particularly in collaboration with director Frank Capra.
  • C. John Williams Walker
    John Williams Walker was an early 19th-century American politician who served as one of Alabama’s first U.S. senators and played a key role in the state’s early political development.
  • D. Charles Joseph Walker
    Charles Joseph Walker was the husband of pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
  • E. James Campbell Walker
    James Campbell Walker was a 19th-century Scottish architect known for designing notable public buildings, including several Carnegie libraries.
  • 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_69ad85b224d481908ff8be51338d24ff completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbae5ff848190880fa416a123bc4a completed March 8, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b361093d288190a023e8485265a989 completed March 13, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b361958fd88190bd4a8d9837af6610 completed March 13, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b362310884819082a59ab92fe05fdd completed March 13, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.