Triple
T4151193
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Transport Commission |
E89907
|
entity |
| Predicate | chairperson |
P377
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sir Cyril Hurcomb
Sir Cyril Hurcomb was a senior British civil servant and transport administrator who became the first chairman of the British Transport Commission, overseeing the early years of postwar nationalized transport.
|
E419814
|
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: Sir Cyril Hurcomb | Statement: [British Transport Commission, chairperson, Sir Cyril Hurcomb]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Cyril Hurcomb Context triple: [British Transport Commission, chairperson, Sir Cyril Hurcomb]
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A.
Sir Ernest Bullock
Sir Ernest Bullock was a prominent British organist, composer, and choral director who served in leading positions at major UK musical institutions in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Sir Ernest Debenham
Sir Ernest Debenham was a prominent British businessman and philanthropist best known for expanding and modernizing the Debenhams department store empire in the early 20th century.
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C.
Sir John Woodroffe
Sir John Woodroffe was a British Orientalist, jurist, and scholar best known for his influential English translations and interpretations of Hindu Tantric texts under the pseudonym Arthur Avalon.
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D.
Walter Crickmer
Walter Crickmer was an English football club secretary and manager for Manchester United who was among those who died in the 1958 Munich air disaster.
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E.
Reginald Warneford
Reginald Warneford was a British World War I aviator and Victoria Cross recipient renowned for being the first pilot to destroy a German Zeppelin in mid-air.
- 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: Sir Cyril Hurcomb Triple: [British Transport Commission, chairperson, Sir Cyril Hurcomb]
Generated description
Sir Cyril Hurcomb was a senior British civil servant and transport administrator who became the first chairman of the British Transport Commission, overseeing the early years of postwar nationalized transport.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Cyril Hurcomb Target entity description: Sir Cyril Hurcomb was a senior British civil servant and transport administrator who became the first chairman of the British Transport Commission, overseeing the early years of postwar nationalized transport.
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A.
Sir Ernest Bullock
Sir Ernest Bullock was a prominent British organist, composer, and choral director who served in leading positions at major UK musical institutions in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Sir Ernest Debenham
Sir Ernest Debenham was a prominent British businessman and philanthropist best known for expanding and modernizing the Debenhams department store empire in the early 20th century.
-
C.
Sir John Woodroffe
Sir John Woodroffe was a British Orientalist, jurist, and scholar best known for his influential English translations and interpretations of Hindu Tantric texts under the pseudonym Arthur Avalon.
-
D.
Walter Crickmer
Walter Crickmer was an English football club secretary and manager for Manchester United who was among those who died in the 1958 Munich air disaster.
-
E.
Reginald Warneford
Reginald Warneford was a British World War I aviator and Victoria Cross recipient renowned for being the first pilot to destroy a German Zeppelin in mid-air.
- 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_69aed95a59a881909b26e70b42c6811a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af0274f440819087dd58a9ce45cce5 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b589e73f1c8190ac1c09201c7844a8 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b58b977eb88190ae56f4dedb7147e6 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b58c18fa24819099f122b3a79d1065 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:44 p.m.