Triple
T353868
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Queen's College, Oxford |
E7501
|
entity |
| Predicate | alumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edmund Halley
Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
|
E44724
|
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: Edmund Halley | Statement: [The Queen's College, Oxford, alumnus, Edmund Halley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund Halley Context triple: [The Queen's College, Oxford, alumnus, Edmund Halley]
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A.
Henry Oldenburg
Henry Oldenburg was a 17th-century German-born philosopher and diplomat who became the first Secretary of the Royal Society and a pioneering figure in early scientific communication.
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B.
George Stokes
George Stokes was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational work in fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics.
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C.
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was a 17th-century English mathematician, physicist, and natural philosopher whose formulation of classical mechanics and universal gravitation laid the foundations of modern science.
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D.
Robert Bylot
Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
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E.
George Howard Darwin
George Howard Darwin was a British astronomer and mathematician known for his work on tidal theory and the evolution of the Earth–Moon system.
- 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: Edmund Halley Triple: [The Queen's College, Oxford, alumnus, Edmund Halley]
Generated description
Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund Halley Target entity description: Edmund Halley was an English astronomer and mathematician best known for calculating the orbit of the periodic comet that now bears his name, Halley’s Comet.
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A.
Henry Oldenburg
Henry Oldenburg was a 17th-century German-born philosopher and diplomat who became the first Secretary of the Royal Society and a pioneering figure in early scientific communication.
-
B.
George Stokes
George Stokes was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational work in fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics.
-
C.
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was a 17th-century English mathematician, physicist, and natural philosopher whose formulation of classical mechanics and universal gravitation laid the foundations of modern science.
-
D.
Robert Bylot
Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
-
E.
George Howard Darwin
George Howard Darwin was a British astronomer and mathematician known for his work on tidal theory and the evolution of the Earth–Moon system.
- 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_69a2e7e696948190bebc966535995e45 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eb80f524819093f4c2c18c3d615f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3dd36d4b481908410ef0989564c8d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3dd9cc8cc819094c6e99e32e3e46a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3de36a2088190b51f4dbd6bb1e620 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:35 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.