Triple
T4083893
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lithgow |
E87541
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William Lithgow
William Lithgow was a Scottish traveler and author of the early 17th century, best known for his extensive journeys across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, which he documented in vivid travel narratives.
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E411683
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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: William Lithgow | Statement: [Lithgow, namedAfter, William Lithgow]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lithgow Context triple: [Lithgow, namedAfter, William Lithgow]
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A.
Samuel Harsnett
Samuel Harsnett was a 16th–17th century English clergyman and scholar who became Archbishop of York and was known for his writings against exorcism and Puritanism.
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B.
Margery Latimer
Margery Latimer was an American modernist writer and feminist known for her experimental fiction and her brief, controversial marriage to Harlem Renaissance author Jean Toomer.
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C.
Giles Corey
Giles Corey was an elderly farmer in colonial Massachusetts who became infamous for being pressed to death after refusing to enter a plea during the Salem witch trials.
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D.
Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherford was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and political thinker best known for his influential work on church-state relations and his role in the Covenanter movement.
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E.
John Foxe
John Foxe was a 16th-century English historian and martyrologist best known for his influential work "Foxe's Book of Martyrs," which documented the persecution of Protestants.
- 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: William Lithgow Triple: [Lithgow, namedAfter, William Lithgow]
Generated description
William Lithgow was a Scottish traveler and author of the early 17th century, best known for his extensive journeys across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, which he documented in vivid travel narratives.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lithgow Target entity description: William Lithgow was a Scottish traveler and author of the early 17th century, best known for his extensive journeys across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, which he documented in vivid travel narratives.
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A.
Samuel Harsnett
Samuel Harsnett was a 16th–17th century English clergyman and scholar who became Archbishop of York and was known for his writings against exorcism and Puritanism.
-
B.
Margery Latimer
Margery Latimer was an American modernist writer and feminist known for her experimental fiction and her brief, controversial marriage to Harlem Renaissance author Jean Toomer.
-
C.
Giles Corey
Giles Corey was an elderly farmer in colonial Massachusetts who became infamous for being pressed to death after refusing to enter a plea during the Salem witch trials.
-
D.
Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherford was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and political thinker best known for his influential work on church-state relations and his role in the Covenanter movement.
-
E.
John Foxe
John Foxe was a 16th-century English historian and martyrologist best known for his influential work "Foxe's Book of Martyrs," which documented the persecution of Protestants.
- 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_69aed9435cf48190ad1da737c962d19d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefc7a4b488190ab466e2c50329ab3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b562c9760c8190a9292eb1cea55ab2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b563b5cc108190bb9684abafa608af |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5646606f08190930451ac372154cd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:39 p.m.