Triple
T4715119
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hertford College, Oxford |
E104616
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Neil Ferguson
Neil Ferguson is a British epidemiologist and professor known for his influential infectious disease modeling and advisory role in public health policy, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
|
E463477
|
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: Neil Ferguson | Statement: [Hertford College, Oxford, hasNotableAlumni, Neil Ferguson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil Ferguson Context triple: [Hertford College, Oxford, hasNotableAlumni, Neil Ferguson]
-
A.
Alan Ferguson
Alan Ferguson is an American music video director known for his work with prominent artists across R&B, pop, and rock.
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B.
John Leeson
John Leeson is a British actor best known for voicing the robotic dog K-9 in the Doctor Who television franchise.
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C.
Geoffrey Haslam
Geoffrey Haslam is a record producer best known for his work on Bette Midler’s debut album "The Divine Miss M."
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D.
Alan Milburn
Alan Milburn is a British Labour politician and former Secretary of State for Health who later became a prominent figure in public service reform and higher education leadership.
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E.
Nick Laird
Nick Laird is a Northern Irish poet, novelist, and lawyer known for his acclaimed poetry collections and fiction, as well as his marriage to writer Zadie Smith.
- 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: Neil Ferguson Triple: [Hertford College, Oxford, hasNotableAlumni, Neil Ferguson]
Generated description
Neil Ferguson is a British epidemiologist and professor known for his influential infectious disease modeling and advisory role in public health policy, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil Ferguson Target entity description: Neil Ferguson is a British epidemiologist and professor known for his influential infectious disease modeling and advisory role in public health policy, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
-
A.
Alan Ferguson
Alan Ferguson is an American music video director known for his work with prominent artists across R&B, pop, and rock.
-
B.
John Leeson
John Leeson is a British actor best known for voicing the robotic dog K-9 in the Doctor Who television franchise.
-
C.
Geoffrey Haslam
Geoffrey Haslam is a record producer best known for his work on Bette Midler’s debut album "The Divine Miss M."
-
D.
Alan Milburn
Alan Milburn is a British Labour politician and former Secretary of State for Health who later became a prominent figure in public service reform and higher education leadership.
-
E.
Nick Laird
Nick Laird is a Northern Irish poet, novelist, and lawyer known for his acclaimed poetry collections and fiction, as well as his marriage to writer Zadie Smith.
- 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_69bd43ec4a348190bc41afae43375e71 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6408dc5c8190a8d6b1c1a3eba2df |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be108002e08190b13856f2af135bfc |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be1196fcb08190a151b31204045fa4 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be121448ec8190a29f6d78049002df |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:18 p.m.