Triple

T4066261
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomson E86329 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Thomson (photographer)
John Thomson (photographer) was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish photographer best known for his groundbreaking documentary images of Asia and his influential social photography of Victorian London.
E410476 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: John Thomson (photographer) | Statement: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, John Thomson (photographer)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Thomson (photographer)
Context triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, John Thomson (photographer)]
  • A. Roger Fenton
    Roger Fenton was a pioneering 19th-century British photographer best known for producing some of the earliest and most influential war photographs.
  • B. Alexander Gardner
    Alexander Gardner was a 19th-century Scottish-American photographer best known for his iconic Civil War images and portraits of figures such as Abraham Lincoln.
  • C. George Richmond
    George Richmond is a British cinematographer known for his dynamic visual work on action films such as "Kingsman: The Secret Service."
  • D. Stanley Clements
    Stanley Clements was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in the "Bowery Boys" series and other mid-20th-century Hollywood productions.
  • E. G.C. Cameron
    G.C. Cameron is an American soul and R&B singer best known for his work with Motown, including his time as a lead vocalist with groups like The Spinners and later The Temptations, as well as for his solo recordings.
  • 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: John Thomson (photographer)
Triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, John Thomson (photographer)]
Generated description
John Thomson (photographer) was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish photographer best known for his groundbreaking documentary images of Asia and his influential social photography of Victorian London.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Thomson (photographer)
Target entity description: John Thomson (photographer) was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish photographer best known for his groundbreaking documentary images of Asia and his influential social photography of Victorian London.
  • A. Roger Fenton
    Roger Fenton was a pioneering 19th-century British photographer best known for producing some of the earliest and most influential war photographs.
  • B. Alexander Gardner
    Alexander Gardner was a 19th-century Scottish-American photographer best known for his iconic Civil War images and portraits of figures such as Abraham Lincoln.
  • C. George Richmond
    George Richmond is a British cinematographer known for his dynamic visual work on action films such as "Kingsman: The Secret Service."
  • D. Stanley Clements
    Stanley Clements was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in the "Bowery Boys" series and other mid-20th-century Hollywood productions.
  • E. G.C. Cameron
    G.C. Cameron is an American soul and R&B singer best known for his work with Motown, including his time as a lead vocalist with groups like The Spinners and later The Temptations, as well as for his solo recordings.
  • 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_69aed93c69208190a4efac0efe3cd69b completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefbf58d9c8190936e453b0d397cb0 completed March 9, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b562b17c888190ac4771f2bb4f0d58 completed March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5637e72948190989169b0a46916a8 completed March 14, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b563fc4cb081908ba0f1a799338a8c completed March 14, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.