Triple

T4532888
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mary Somerville E106338 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Somerville
Somerville is a Scottish surname most famously associated with Mary Somerville, the pioneering 19th-century science writer and polymath.
 E467948 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: Somerville | Statement: [Mary Somerville, familyName, Somerville]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Somerville
Context triple: [Mary Somerville, familyName, Somerville]
  • A. Somerville, Massachusetts
    Somerville, Massachusetts is a densely populated, historically working-class city just northwest of Boston known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse communities, and lively squares such as Davis and Union Square.
  • B. Medford
    Medford is a city in southern Oregon that serves as a regional commercial and transportation hub in the Rogue Valley.
  • C. Norwood
    Norwood is a residential neighborhood in the Bronx, New York City, known for its diverse community and proximity to Van Cortlandt Park.
  • D. Norwood
    Norwood is the surname of American singer, songwriter, and actress Brandy, known for her influential R&B music career and roles in film and television.
  • E. Acton
    Acton is a village and civil parish located in the county of Suffolk in eastern England.
  • 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: Somerville
Triple: [Mary Somerville, familyName, Somerville]
Generated description
Somerville is a Scottish surname most famously associated with Mary Somerville, the pioneering 19th-century science writer and polymath.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Somerville
Target entity description: Somerville is a Scottish surname most famously associated with Mary Somerville, the pioneering 19th-century science writer and polymath.
  • A. Somerville, Massachusetts
    Somerville, Massachusetts is a densely populated, historically working-class city just northwest of Boston known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse communities, and lively squares such as Davis and Union Square.
  • B. Medford
    Medford is a city in southern Oregon that serves as a regional commercial and transportation hub in the Rogue Valley.
  • C. Norwood
    Norwood is a residential neighborhood in the Bronx, New York City, known for its diverse community and proximity to Van Cortlandt Park.
  • D. Norwood
    Norwood is the surname of American singer, songwriter, and actress Brandy, known for her influential R&B music career and roles in film and television.
  • E. Acton
    Acton is an inner suburb of Canberra, Australia, known for housing major national institutions such as the Australian National University and several key cultural and research facilities.
  • 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_69bd43f3d6e08190a91824f833d51bbe completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd579f27ac8190ae9a4252109e56e1 completed March 20, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be397d7358819086fa3851318973ea completed March 21, 2026, 6:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be3d05281481909a74ffb38fb5eb31 completed March 21, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be3dc3ce048190a725ea4b8e8a1ad4 completed March 21, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:03 p.m.