Triple

T4574185
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Istana E123103 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object John Frederick Adolphus McNair
John Frederick Adolphus McNair was a 19th-century British colonial engineer and architect who played a key role in designing prominent public buildings in Singapore.
E454583 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: John Frederick Adolphus McNair | Statement: [The Istana, architect, John Frederick Adolphus McNair]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Frederick Adolphus McNair
Context triple: [The Istana, architect, John Frederick Adolphus McNair]
  • A. Herbert MacNair
    Herbert MacNair was a Scottish artist and designer closely linked to the Glasgow Style movement and the broader development of Art Nouveau in Britain.
  • B. Harold Knox-Shaw
    Harold Knox-Shaw was a British astronomer known for his influential academic work and leadership in observational astronomy during the early 20th century.
  • C. Richard Francis-Bruce
    Richard Francis-Bruce is an Australian film editor renowned for his work on major Hollywood action and drama films.
  • D. Malcolm MacDonald
    Malcolm MacDonald was a British politician and diplomat, notably serving as a cabinet minister in several interwar and postwar governments and later as a high commissioner and governor in various parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
  • E. J. F. C. Harrison
    J. F. C. Harrison was a British social historian known for his influential studies of Victorian society, popular education, and millenarian movements.
  • 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: John Frederick Adolphus McNair
Triple: [The Istana, architect, John Frederick Adolphus McNair]
Generated description
John Frederick Adolphus McNair was a 19th-century British colonial engineer and architect who played a key role in designing prominent public buildings in Singapore.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Frederick Adolphus McNair
Target entity description: John Frederick Adolphus McNair was a 19th-century British colonial engineer and architect who played a key role in designing prominent public buildings in Singapore.
  • A. Herbert MacNair
    Herbert MacNair was a Scottish artist and designer closely linked to the Glasgow Style movement and the broader development of Art Nouveau in Britain.
  • B. Harold Knox-Shaw
    Harold Knox-Shaw was a British astronomer known for his influential academic work and leadership in observational astronomy during the early 20th century.
  • C. Richard Francis-Bruce
    Richard Francis-Bruce is an Australian film editor renowned for his work on major Hollywood action and drama films.
  • D. Malcolm MacDonald
    Malcolm MacDonald was a British politician and diplomat, notably serving as a cabinet minister in several interwar and postwar governments and later as a high commissioner and governor in various parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
  • E. J. F. C. Harrison
    J. F. C. Harrison was a British social historian known for his influential studies of Victorian society, popular education, and millenarian movements.
  • 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_69bd46466c7081909d07f36be2d08804 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd58c89a5c81909a78bf0ac64777ad completed March 20, 2026, 2:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bde08756548190bb8433854c3efe01 completed March 21, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bde129ec748190af03e37c8d47ab3c completed March 21, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bde1c01e7081909eb968b5603ee2b0 completed March 21, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:10 p.m.