Triple

T445477
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lichfield E7006 entity
Predicate birthplaceOf P1 FINISHED
Object Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson was an 18th-century English writer, lexicographer, and critic best known for compiling *A Dictionary of the English Language* (1755), one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of English.
E56018 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: Samuel Johnson | Statement: [Lichfield, birthplaceOf, Samuel Johnson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Johnson
Context triple: [Lichfield, birthplaceOf, Samuel Johnson]
  • A. Samuel W. Johnson
    Samuel W. Johnson was a 19th-century American chemist and agricultural scientist who played a key role in organizing the chemical profession in the United States.
  • B. Alexander Pope
    Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet renowned for his satirical verse, mastery of the heroic couplet, and works such as "The Rape of the Lock" and his translation of Homer.
  • C. John Gay
    John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and dramatist best known for his ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera."
  • D. Jonathan Swift
    Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and clergyman best known for works like "Gulliver’s Travels" and "A Modest Proposal," which sharply critiqued politics and society.
  • E. J. Dodsley
    J. Dodsley was an 18th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing significant literary and historical works.
  • 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: Samuel Johnson
Triple: [Lichfield, birthplaceOf, Samuel Johnson]
Generated description
Samuel Johnson was an 18th-century English writer, lexicographer, and critic best known for compiling *A Dictionary of the English Language* (1755), one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of English.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Johnson
Target entity description: Samuel Johnson was an 18th-century English writer, lexicographer, and critic best known for compiling *A Dictionary of the English Language* (1755), one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of English.
  • A. Samuel W. Johnson
    Samuel W. Johnson was a 19th-century American chemist and agricultural scientist who played a key role in organizing the chemical profession in the United States.
  • B. Alexander Pope
    Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet renowned for his satirical verse, mastery of the heroic couplet, and works such as "The Rape of the Lock" and his translation of Homer.
  • C. John Gay
    John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and dramatist best known for his ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera."
  • D. Jonathan Swift
    Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and clergyman best known for works like "Gulliver’s Travels" and "A Modest Proposal," which sharply critiqued politics and society.
  • E. J. Dodsley
    J. Dodsley was an 18th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing significant literary and historical works.
  • 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_69a2e7e4676c81909ea0dbdecac0687c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ef479ec08190a659eead6eb0d4d0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a442a4674081909b7255b536014b40 completed March 1, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4433304ec8190a60f945e7a506d75 completed March 1, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4438e78148190b1ce7a01f630f92b completed March 1, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.