Triple

T512586
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lancaster University E10638 entity
Predicate formerChancellor P15399 FINISHED
Object Sir Chris Bonington
Sir Chris Bonington is a renowned British mountaineer and expedition leader celebrated for pioneering ascents in the Himalayas and other major ranges.
E63829 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: Sir Chris Bonington | Statement: [Lancaster University, formerChancellor, Sir Chris Bonington]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Chris Bonington
Context triple: [Lancaster University, formerChancellor, Sir Chris Bonington]
  • A. Edward Whymper
    Edward Whymper was a 19th-century English mountaineer and illustrator best known for making the first ascent of the Matterhorn and pioneering climbs in the Alps and Andes.
  • B. Edmund Hillary
    Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer best known for being one of the first two people confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
  • C. Tenzing Norgay
    Tenzing Norgay was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer best known for being one of the first two people, alongside Sir Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
  • D. Hugo van Lawick
    Hugo van Lawick was a Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer renowned for documenting African wildlife and extensively filming Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research in Gombe.
  • E. Ronald Villency
    Ronald Villency is the son of American television news personality and political commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle.
  • 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: Sir Chris Bonington
Triple: [Lancaster University, formerChancellor, Sir Chris Bonington]
Generated description
Sir Chris Bonington is a renowned British mountaineer and expedition leader celebrated for pioneering ascents in the Himalayas and other major ranges.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Chris Bonington
Target entity description: Sir Chris Bonington is a renowned British mountaineer and expedition leader celebrated for pioneering ascents in the Himalayas and other major ranges.
  • A. Edward Whymper
    Edward Whymper was a 19th-century English mountaineer and illustrator best known for making the first ascent of the Matterhorn and pioneering climbs in the Alps and Andes.
  • B. Edmund Hillary
    Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer best known for being one of the first two people confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
  • C. Tenzing Norgay
    Tenzing Norgay was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer best known for being one of the first two people, alongside Sir Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
  • D. Hugo van Lawick
    Hugo van Lawick was a Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer renowned for documenting African wildlife and extensively filming Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research in Gombe.
  • E. Ronald Villency
    Ronald Villency is the son of American television news personality and political commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle.
  • 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_69a2e84a0d08819087e01863fcd9abf1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f3b7557c8190a29cf1de359ea2ea completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a49ebe662c8190acdbb8857283f7d1 completed March 1, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a49fcbcae88190acc3e9d61658beba completed March 1, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4a047b8548190ac9ba95983b06036 completed March 1, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.