Triple
T46558
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Manchester Ship Canal |
E912
|
entity |
| Predicate | chiefEngineer |
P616
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Edward Leader Williams |
E46374
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Edward Leader Williams | Statement: [Manchester Ship Canal, chiefEngineer, Edward Leader Williams]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Leader Williams Context triple: [Manchester Ship Canal, chiefEngineer, Edward Leader Williams]
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A.
Edward Leader Williams
chosen
Edward Leader Williams was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer best known for designing and overseeing major canal and waterway projects, including the Manchester Ship Canal.
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B.
Robert Hinde
Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
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C.
George Harvey
George Harvey was an influential American journalist, editor, and diplomat best known for his leadership of major periodicals and his role as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom in the early 20th century.
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D.
Lloyd Bryce
Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
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E.
Julius Lankershim
Julius Lankershim was a prominent 19th-century Los Angeles landowner and developer whose holdings and influence helped shape early Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24af2c2f881908cb7200ed3992fca |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3eca078188190891587981ec0c15d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:37 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.