Triple

T3469986
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles William Harkness E73232 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Harkness
Harkness is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as business, philanthropy, and the arts.
 E360913 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: Harkness | Statement: [Charles William Harkness, familyName, Harkness]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harkness
Context triple: [Charles William Harkness, familyName, Harkness]
  • A. Blackridge
    Blackridge is a village in West Lothian, Scotland, situated between Bathgate and Armadale with a largely residential and commuter community.
  • B. Underhill
    Underhill is an English surname historically associated with various notable figures in politics, religion, and the arts.
  • C. Quinwood
    Quinwood is a small town located in the mountainous, rural region of southern West Virginia in the United States.
  • D. Conant
    Conant is a surname most notably associated with James B. Conant, an influential American chemist, educator, and former president of Harvard University.
  • E. Harkstead
    Harkstead is a small rural village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, situated near the River Stour on the Shotley Peninsula.
  • 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: Harkness
Triple: [Charles William Harkness, familyName, Harkness]
Generated description
Harkness is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as business, philanthropy, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harkness
Target entity description: Harkness is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as business, philanthropy, and the arts.
  • A. Blackridge
    Blackridge is a village in West Lothian, Scotland, situated between Bathgate and Armadale with a largely residential and commuter community.
  • B. Underhill
    Underhill is an English surname historically associated with various notable figures in politics, religion, and the arts.
  • C. Quinwood
    Quinwood is a small town located in the mountainous, rural region of southern West Virginia in the United States.
  • D. Conant
    Conant is a surname most notably associated with James B. Conant, an influential American chemist, educator, and former president of Harvard University.
  • E. Harkstead
    Harkstead is a small rural village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, situated near the River Stour on the Shotley Peninsula.
  • 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_69ad85b2fed48190948c8765e453d270 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbb392f6481908b6ad0457b8cf421 completed March 8, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3680dd2c48190a06c5c320a06a71a completed March 13, 2026, 1:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b36937ac4481909e1c90912b70e886 completed March 13, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b36997650c8190be5e9c78b5174187 completed March 13, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.