Triple

T3900814
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Classification Research Group E90482 entity
Predicate member P10 FINISHED
Object Robert Fairthorne
Robert Fairthorne was a British information scientist and mathematician known for his influential work in documentation, information retrieval theory, and the early development of information science as a discipline.
E397634 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: Robert Fairthorne | Statement: [Classification Research Group, member, Robert Fairthorne]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Fairthorne
Context triple: [Classification Research Group, member, Robert Fairthorne]
  • A. James Burrough
    James Burrough was an 18th-century English architect and academic at the University of Cambridge, known for helping shape the university’s neoclassical architectural style.
  • B. Geoffrey Streatfeild
    Geoffrey Streatfeild is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "The Thick of It" and "Spooks."
  • C. Joseph MacDonald
    Joseph MacDonald was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s.
  • D. Ernest Merritt
    Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
  • E. Clive Tolley
    Clive Tolley is a Canadian municipal politician who has served as the mayor of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
  • 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: Robert Fairthorne
Triple: [Classification Research Group, member, Robert Fairthorne]
Generated description
Robert Fairthorne was a British information scientist and mathematician known for his influential work in documentation, information retrieval theory, and the early development of information science as a discipline.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Fairthorne
Target entity description: Robert Fairthorne was a British information scientist and mathematician known for his influential work in documentation, information retrieval theory, and the early development of information science as a discipline.
  • A. James Burrough
    James Burrough was an 18th-century English architect and academic at the University of Cambridge, known for helping shape the university’s neoclassical architectural style.
  • B. Geoffrey Streatfeild
    Geoffrey Streatfeild is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "The Thick of It" and "Spooks."
  • C. Joseph MacDonald
    Joseph MacDonald was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s.
  • D. Ernest Merritt
    Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
  • E. Clive Tolley
    Clive Tolley is a Canadian municipal politician who has served as the mayor of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
  • 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_69aed95d315881908cbf1bf4a7215fbf completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeecf2f230819099abc109a0b7d916 completed March 9, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51ca477a081908b7e6d2701833413 completed March 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b51dc74d6c819082d1cf4c8a5d3aba completed March 14, 2026, 8:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b51e27ce588190a9aa93f2fd063fad completed March 14, 2026, 8:36 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:21 p.m.