Triple
T3589745
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harrison |
E75996
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Brian Harrison (historian)
Brian Harrison is a British historian known for his work on modern British social and political history and for serving as editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
|
E371704
|
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: Brian Harrison (historian) | Statement: [Harrison, hasNotableBearer, Brian Harrison (historian)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian Harrison (historian) Context triple: [Harrison, hasNotableBearer, Brian Harrison (historian)]
-
A.
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
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B.
Edward Hall
Edward Hall was a 16th-century English lawyer, historian, and chronicler best known for his influential Tudor-era chronicle "The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke."
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C.
Herbert Butterfield
Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
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D.
Sir John H. Plumb
Sir John H. Plumb was a prominent 20th-century British historian renowned for his influential works on 18th-century Britain and his role in shaping modern historical scholarship.
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E.
A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor was a prominent 20th-century British historian and broadcaster, known for his influential and often controversial works on European and diplomatic history.
- 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: Brian Harrison (historian) Triple: [Harrison, hasNotableBearer, Brian Harrison (historian)]
Generated description
Brian Harrison is a British historian known for his work on modern British social and political history and for serving as editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian Harrison (historian) Target entity description: Brian Harrison is a British historian known for his work on modern British social and political history and for serving as editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
-
A.
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
-
B.
Edward Hall
Edward Hall was a 16th-century English lawyer, historian, and chronicler best known for his influential Tudor-era chronicle "The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke."
-
C.
Herbert Butterfield
Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
-
D.
Sir John H. Plumb
Sir John H. Plumb was a prominent 20th-century British historian renowned for his influential works on 18th-century Britain and his role in shaping modern historical scholarship.
-
E.
A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor was a prominent 20th-century British historian and broadcaster, known for his influential and often controversial works on European and diplomatic history.
- 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_69ad85d8042081908af94a04c410dec0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc13c9514819096adf60b15016b8b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b403085e9881908041a32f1dab43d1 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:28 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4041bc85c8190948b7e47aef0e0d0 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b40872099c81909bc3531bea77f875 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:22 p.m.