Triple
T387480
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Ralston Saul |
E8809
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Saul
Saul is a surname most notably associated with Canadian philosopher and writer John Ralston Saul.
|
E49403
|
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: Saul | Statement: [John Ralston Saul, familyName, Saul]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saul Context triple: [John Ralston Saul, familyName, Saul]
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A.
Samuel
Samuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "name of God" or "God has heard," widely used across many cultures and languages.
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B.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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C.
King Saul
King Saul was the first king of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known for his troubled reign and eventual downfall, particularly in contrast to his successor, King David.
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D.
Yoshua
Yoshua is a male given name most notably borne by Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering Canadian computer scientist and deep learning researcher.
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E.
Joshua
Joshua is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that narrates the Israelite conquest and settlement of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua.
- 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: Saul Triple: [John Ralston Saul, familyName, Saul]
Generated description
Saul is a surname most notably associated with Canadian philosopher and writer John Ralston Saul.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saul Target entity description: Saul is a surname most notably associated with Canadian philosopher and writer John Ralston Saul.
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A.
Samuel
Samuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "name of God" or "God has heard," widely used across many cultures and languages.
-
B.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
-
C.
King Saul
King Saul was the first king of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known for his troubled reign and eventual downfall, particularly in contrast to his successor, King David.
-
D.
Yoshua
Yoshua is a male given name most notably borne by Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering Canadian computer scientist and deep learning researcher.
-
E.
Joshua
Joshua is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that narrates the Israelite conquest and settlement of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua.
- 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec5828d881909e8810061c02480c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a403500d048190874ff9e3078d86fe |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4041ef2d8819086370c7f55887ae5 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4048229bc8190afe728fce60b8eac |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:18 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.