Triple

T471700
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tube Alloys programme E8571 entity
Predicate keyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object George Thomson
George Thomson was a British physicist who played a significant role in the early development of the United Kingdom’s atomic energy and nuclear weapons research.
E59258 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: George Thomson | Statement: [Tube Alloys programme, keyPerson, George Thomson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Thomson
Context triple: [Tube Alloys programme, keyPerson, George Thomson]
  • A. Archibald Leitch
    Archibald Leitch was a pioneering Scottish architect renowned for designing many of the United Kingdom’s most iconic early 20th-century football stadiums.
  • B. Robert Fergusson
    Robert Fergusson was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose vivid vernacular verse and depictions of Edinburgh life strongly influenced later writers, including Robert Burns.
  • C. George Black
    George Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, business, and the arts.
  • D. John Whitfield
    John Whitfield was the father of Louise Whitfield Carnegie, who became the wife of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
  • E. Robert Pigot
    Robert Pigot was a British Army officer best known for his role as a commanding officer during the early battles of the American Revolutionary War.
  • 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: George Thomson
Triple: [Tube Alloys programme, keyPerson, George Thomson]
Generated description
George Thomson was a British physicist who played a significant role in the early development of the United Kingdom’s atomic energy and nuclear weapons research.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Thomson
Target entity description: George Thomson was a British physicist who played a significant role in the early development of the United Kingdom’s atomic energy and nuclear weapons research.
  • A. Archibald Leitch
    Archibald Leitch was a pioneering Scottish architect renowned for designing many of the United Kingdom’s most iconic early 20th-century football stadiums.
  • B. Robert Fergusson
    Robert Fergusson was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose vivid vernacular verse and depictions of Edinburgh life strongly influenced later writers, including Robert Burns.
  • C. George Black
    George Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, business, and the arts.
  • D. John Whitfield
    John Whitfield was the father of Louise Whitfield Carnegie, who became the wife of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
  • E. Robert Pigot
    Robert Pigot was a British Army officer best known for his role as a commanding officer during the early battles of the American Revolutionary War.
  • 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_69a2e7f3aeb48190a19453e3a043f486 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eff0ca408190958405aec2ec6f53 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a462fbc760819092a3065fbb0ef589 completed March 1, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4638ac9a481909da9430a589408a3 completed March 1, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a463e978508190baab1c4a721661fb completed March 1, 2026, 4:06 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.