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]
  • 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
  • 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.