Triple
T4412459
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | WS Atkins |
E94881
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Soltau Atkins
William Soltau Atkins was a British engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global engineering and design consultancy Atkins.
|
E438833
|
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 Soltau Atkins | Statement: [WS Atkins, foundedBy, William Soltau Atkins]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Soltau Atkins Context triple: [WS Atkins, foundedBy, William Soltau Atkins]
-
A.
John McDougall
John McDougall is the child of Alexander McDougall, likely known in relation to his parent’s family or historical background.
-
B.
Jerome Kellogg
Jerome Kellogg was a physicist known as a notable student of Nobel laureate Isidor Isaac Rabi.
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C.
Frank Sacks
Frank Sacks is a film producer best known for his work on the crime drama movie "Deuces Wild."
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D.
Neil Hamburger
Neil Hamburger is the alter ego of American comedian Gregg Turkington, known for his deliberately awkward, anti-comedy stand-up persona and offbeat comedy albums.
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E.
C. W. Post
C. W. Post was an American industrialist and breakfast cereal pioneer who founded the Postum Cereal Company, a forerunner of Post Consumer Brands.
- 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 Soltau Atkins Triple: [WS Atkins, foundedBy, William Soltau Atkins]
Generated description
William Soltau Atkins was a British engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global engineering and design consultancy Atkins.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Soltau Atkins Target entity description: William Soltau Atkins was a British engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global engineering and design consultancy Atkins.
-
A.
John McDougall
John McDougall is the child of Alexander McDougall, likely known in relation to his parent’s family or historical background.
-
B.
Jerome Kellogg
Jerome Kellogg was a physicist known as a notable student of Nobel laureate Isidor Isaac Rabi.
-
C.
Frank Sacks
Frank Sacks is a film producer best known for his work on the crime drama movie "Deuces Wild."
-
D.
Neil Hamburger
Neil Hamburger is the alter ego of American comedian Gregg Turkington, known for his deliberately awkward, anti-comedy stand-up persona and offbeat comedy albums.
-
E.
C. W. Post
C. W. Post was an American industrialist and breakfast cereal pioneer who founded the Postum Cereal Company, a forerunner of Post Consumer Brands.
- 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_69b34539638c8190abfea3eb29425210 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b354e7b30c819082ee781dd202dcc4 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5f6131de08190968259a0be73cd3f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5f76c8ea08190a6f6c81f0c3dcea7 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 12:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5f7e313f48190afb83123e3b24926 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:29 p.m.