Triple

T4209989
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kerr E93876 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Kerr
William Kerr is a common name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians, athletes, and historical figures from English-speaking countries.
 E330630 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 Kerr | Statement: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, William Kerr]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Kerr
Context triple: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, William Kerr]
  • A. William Kerr
    William Kerr is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including "The Five-Year Engagement."
  • B. William Kerr
    William Kerr was a Scottish gardener and plant collector for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, known for introducing numerous Asian plant species to Europe.
  • C. Thomas Urquhart
    Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
  • D. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • E. Felix Salmond
    Felix Salmond was a prominent early 20th-century British cellist and influential teacher, known for premiering Elgar’s Cello Concerto and shaping generations of American string players.
  • 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 Kerr
Triple: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, William Kerr]
Generated description
William Kerr is a common name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians, athletes, and historical figures from English-speaking countries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Kerr
Target entity description: William Kerr is a common name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians, athletes, and historical figures from English-speaking countries.
  • A. William Kerr
    William Kerr is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including "The Five-Year Engagement."
  • B. William Kerr chosen
    William Kerr was a Scottish gardener and plant collector for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, known for introducing numerous Asian plant species to Europe.
  • C. Thomas Urquhart
    Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
  • D. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • E. Felix Salmond
    Felix Salmond was a prominent early 20th-century British cellist and influential teacher, known for premiering Elgar’s Cello Concerto and shaping generations of American string players.
  • F. None of above.

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_69b3451743608190808f41d17ccf2650 completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34810de648190b09c5e705cf0a74e completed March 12, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5962ec4f8819085bef81ce71aa132 completed March 14, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b596eb6c288190a63c61d5e71c609b completed March 14, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b59788ef308190a34c2f23f22a7e4d completed March 14, 2026, 5:14 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:03 p.m.