Triple

T4700113
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Great North Museum: Hancock E104247 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object John Hancock (ornithologist)
John Hancock was a 19th-century English ornithologist and taxidermist renowned as a pioneer of modern taxidermy and influential in the development of natural history museums.
E460086 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 Hancock (ornithologist) | Statement: [Great North Museum: Hancock, namedAfter, John Hancock (ornithologist)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hancock (ornithologist)
Context triple: [Great North Museum: Hancock, namedAfter, John Hancock (ornithologist)]
  • A. Roger Tory Peterson
    Roger Tory Peterson was an American naturalist, ornithologist, and pioneering wildlife artist best known for creating the influential Peterson Field Guides that revolutionized birdwatching and nature study.
  • B. George Swanson Starling
    George Swanson Starling was a key African American migrant whose life story in the early and mid-20th century exemplifies the struggles and aspirations of the Great Migration chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s work.
  • C. Edward Blyth
    Edward Blyth was a 19th-century English zoologist and ornithologist known for his pioneering work in animal classification and as one of the early contributors to evolutionary thought.
  • D. John James Audubon
    John James Audubon was a 19th-century American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter renowned for his detailed illustrations of North American birds, especially in his landmark work "The Birds of America."
  • E. Christopher Hampson
    Christopher Hampson is a British choreographer, former dancer, and arts leader best known for directing and shaping the artistic vision of major ballet companies in the UK.
  • 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 Hancock (ornithologist)
Triple: [Great North Museum: Hancock, namedAfter, John Hancock (ornithologist)]
Generated description
John Hancock was a 19th-century English ornithologist and taxidermist renowned as a pioneer of modern taxidermy and influential in the development of natural history museums.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hancock (ornithologist)
Target entity description: John Hancock was a 19th-century English ornithologist and taxidermist renowned as a pioneer of modern taxidermy and influential in the development of natural history museums.
  • A. Roger Tory Peterson
    Roger Tory Peterson was an American naturalist, ornithologist, and pioneering wildlife artist best known for creating the influential Peterson Field Guides that revolutionized birdwatching and nature study.
  • B. George Swanson Starling
    George Swanson Starling was a key African American migrant whose life story in the early and mid-20th century exemplifies the struggles and aspirations of the Great Migration chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s work.
  • C. Edward Blyth
    Edward Blyth was a 19th-century English zoologist and ornithologist known for his pioneering work in animal classification and as one of the early contributors to evolutionary thought.
  • D. John James Audubon
    John James Audubon was a 19th-century American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter renowned for his detailed illustrations of North American birds, especially in his landmark work "The Birds of America."
  • E. Christopher Hampson
    Christopher Hampson is a British choreographer, former dancer, and arts leader best known for directing and shaping the artistic vision of major ballet companies in the UK.
  • 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_69bd43e9b88481908582103dcadff3d9 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd63cbc5d881908d1d40c60929b253 completed March 20, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be03ca24848190aa7df32472647cae completed March 21, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be04513ec081909d38f33de795402b completed March 21, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be051027c88190a4f24ed5cb17b605 completed March 21, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:17 p.m.