Triple

T4967270
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aberdeen Grammar School E111558 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object David Gill
David Gill was a prominent Scottish astronomer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his pioneering work in astrometry and for serving as Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope.
 E524275 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: David Gill | Statement: [Aberdeen Grammar School, hasNotableAlumnus, David Gill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Gill
Context triple: [Aberdeen Grammar School, hasNotableAlumnus, David Gill]
  • A. David Gill
    David Gill was a British television producer and film historian best known for his acclaimed documentaries on cinema history, including collaborations with Kevin Brownlow.
  • B. David Semple
    David Semple was a British bacteriologist best known for developing an early anti-rabies vaccine while serving in the Indian Medical Service.
  • C. David Duffield
    David Duffield is an American billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for founding the enterprise software companies PeopleSoft and Workday.
  • D. David Briggs
    David Briggs was a renowned record producer best known for his extensive work with Neil Young, shaping the sound of several of Young’s most acclaimed albums.
  • E. Christopher Gunning
    Christopher Gunning was a British composer best known for his film and television scores, including the iconic theme for the detective series "Poirot."
  • 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: David Gill
Triple: [Aberdeen Grammar School, hasNotableAlumnus, David Gill]
Generated description
David Gill was a prominent Scottish astronomer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his pioneering work in astrometry and for serving as Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Gill
Target entity description: David Gill was a prominent Scottish astronomer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his pioneering work in astrometry and for serving as Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope.
  • A. David Gill
    David Gill was a British television producer and film historian best known for his acclaimed documentaries on cinema history, including collaborations with Kevin Brownlow.
  • B. David Semple
    David Semple was a British bacteriologist best known for developing an early anti-rabies vaccine while serving in the Indian Medical Service.
  • C. David Duffield
    David Duffield is an American billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for founding the enterprise software companies PeopleSoft and Workday.
  • D. David Briggs
    David Briggs was a renowned record producer best known for his extensive work with Neil Young, shaping the sound of several of Young’s most acclaimed albums.
  • E. Christopher Gunning
    Christopher Gunning was a British composer best known for his film and television scores, including the iconic theme for the detective series "Poirot."
  • 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_69bd4419393c819086319a6fe4bf8542 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd71f8f550819099235511ca271e2d completed March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf70c144d88190a36bbb0b12413fc0 completed March 22, 2026, 4:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf71a11e648190a43998d60b94dad4 completed March 22, 2026, 4:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf71f051bc8190bc92b04861e9335e completed March 22, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.