Triple
T4532913
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mary Somerville |
E106338
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entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William Somerville
William Somerville was a 19th-century Scottish physician and army medical officer best known as the husband and supporter of pioneering mathematician and science writer Mary Somerville.
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E453107
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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 Somerville | Statement: [Mary Somerville, spouse, William Somerville]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Somerville Context triple: [Mary Somerville, spouse, William Somerville]
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A.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
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B.
William John Cunningham
William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
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C.
John Brotherton
John Brotherton is an American actor known for his roles in horror films like "The Conjuring" and television series such as "Fuller House."
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D.
Richard Lumsden
Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
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E.
Charles Ramsay
Charles Ramsay is known primarily as the son of British Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, the World War II naval commander who helped orchestrate the Dunkirk evacuation and the Normandy landings.
- 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 Somerville Triple: [Mary Somerville, spouse, William Somerville]
Generated description
William Somerville was a 19th-century Scottish physician and army medical officer best known as the husband and supporter of pioneering mathematician and science writer Mary Somerville.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Somerville Target entity description: William Somerville was a 19th-century Scottish physician and army medical officer best known as the husband and supporter of pioneering mathematician and science writer Mary Somerville.
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A.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
-
B.
William John Cunningham
William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
-
C.
John Brotherton
John Brotherton is an American actor known for his roles in horror films like "The Conjuring" and television series such as "Fuller House."
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D.
Richard Lumsden
Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
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E.
Charles Ramsay
Charles Ramsay is known primarily as the son of British Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, the World War II naval commander who helped orchestrate the Dunkirk evacuation and the Normandy landings.
- 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_69bdc55254848190940c506e75d79933 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdc8eea638819080c255769a66d651 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdc96926288190b7a922adf15098f4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 10:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:03 p.m.