Triple

T4302585
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Stirling E99874 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Walter Stirling
Walter Stirling was the father of the renowned Scottish mathematician James Stirling, known for his work in analysis and Stirling's approximation.
E433653 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: Walter Stirling | Statement: [James Stirling, father, Walter Stirling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Stirling
Context triple: [James Stirling, father, Walter Stirling]
  • A. Walter Stott
    Walter Stott was the husband of mathematician Alicia Boole Stott, who was known for her pioneering work on four-dimensional polytopes.
  • B. Sir Walter Murdoch
    Sir Walter Murdoch was an influential Australian essayist, literary critic, and academic whose contributions to education and letters led to a major Western Australian university being named in his honor.
  • C. Harold Knox-Shaw
    Harold Knox-Shaw was a British astronomer known for his influential academic work and leadership in observational astronomy during the early 20th century.
  • D. Charles Alling Gifford
    Charles Alling Gifford was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century resort hotels and other large-scale buildings in the United States.
  • E. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • 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: Walter Stirling
Triple: [James Stirling, father, Walter Stirling]
Generated description
Walter Stirling was the father of the renowned Scottish mathematician James Stirling, known for his work in analysis and Stirling's approximation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Stirling
Target entity description: Walter Stirling was the father of the renowned Scottish mathematician James Stirling, known for his work in analysis and Stirling's approximation.
  • A. Walter Stott
    Walter Stott was the husband of mathematician Alicia Boole Stott, who was known for her pioneering work on four-dimensional polytopes.
  • B. Sir Walter Murdoch
    Sir Walter Murdoch was an influential Australian essayist, literary critic, and academic whose contributions to education and letters led to a major Western Australian university being named in his honor.
  • C. Harold Knox-Shaw
    Harold Knox-Shaw was a British astronomer known for his influential academic work and leadership in observational astronomy during the early 20th century.
  • D. Charles Alling Gifford
    Charles Alling Gifford was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century resort hotels and other large-scale buildings in the United States.
  • E. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • 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_69b345528ebc8190b5abc7e95094792d completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b350b66450819089c9ff6ff9f045e5 completed March 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5db8a3a0481909d24f214f56bd21e completed March 14, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5df52a494819086c89a1818fabe5b completed March 14, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5dfb71ba48190b412016d11a9efa5 completed March 14, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:08 p.m.