Triple
T4382764
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ferranti Mark I |
E99166
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePersonAssociated |
P7128
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Frederic C. Williams
Frederic C. Williams was a British engineer and computer pioneer best known for co-inventing the Williams-Kilburn tube, an early form of computer memory used in some of the first stored-program computers.
|
E444184
|
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: Frederic C. Williams | Statement: [Ferranti Mark I, notablePersonAssociated, Frederic C. Williams]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederic C. Williams Context triple: [Ferranti Mark I, notablePersonAssociated, Frederic C. Williams]
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A.
Edgar Lyons
Edgar Lyons was a cinematographer active during the early sound era of American cinema, known for his work on the pioneering all-talking feature film "Lights of New York."
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B.
Victor A. Crutchley
Victor A. Crutchley was a British Royal Navy admiral and Victoria Cross recipient who served with distinction in both World Wars.
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C.
Alfred Morton Githens
Alfred Morton Githens was an American architect known for his influential designs of major public libraries and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
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D.
Frederick Etchells
Frederick Etchells was a British artist, architect, and translator best known for his involvement in the early 20th-century avant-garde, particularly the Vorticist movement.
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E.
Frederick H. Gillett
Frederick H. Gillett was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
- 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: Frederic C. Williams Triple: [Ferranti Mark I, notablePersonAssociated, Frederic C. Williams]
Generated description
Frederic C. Williams was a British engineer and computer pioneer best known for co-inventing the Williams-Kilburn tube, an early form of computer memory used in some of the first stored-program computers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederic C. Williams Target entity description: Frederic C. Williams was a British engineer and computer pioneer best known for co-inventing the Williams-Kilburn tube, an early form of computer memory used in some of the first stored-program computers.
-
A.
Edgar Lyons
Edgar Lyons was a cinematographer active during the early sound era of American cinema, known for his work on the pioneering all-talking feature film "Lights of New York."
-
B.
Victor A. Crutchley
Victor A. Crutchley was a British Royal Navy admiral and Victoria Cross recipient who served with distinction in both World Wars.
-
C.
Alfred Morton Githens
Alfred Morton Githens was an American architect known for his influential designs of major public libraries and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
-
D.
Frederick Etchells
Frederick Etchells was a British artist, architect, and translator best known for his involvement in the early 20th-century avant-garde, particularly the Vorticist movement.
-
E.
Frederick H. Gillett
Frederick H. Gillett was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
- 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_69b3454ea8f48190a49c2436624d6ef6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b35262649c8190a724c9835cb7ece6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b650be7ac88190a8476b956e5994ec |
completed | March 15, 2026, 6:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b6519e30fc819098de2671c3aa89b9 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 6:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b6521feae08190a029acdece360863 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:18 p.m.