Triple

T5377442
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lincoln College, Oxford E112995 entity
Predicate hasAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Sir Crispin Tickell
Sir Crispin Tickell was a British diplomat and influential environmentalist known for his work on climate change policy and sustainable development.
E517505 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 Crispin Tickell | Statement: [Lincoln College, Oxford, hasAlumni, Sir Crispin Tickell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Crispin Tickell
Context triple: [Lincoln College, Oxford, hasAlumni, Sir Crispin Tickell]
  • A. Hardwicke Rawnsley
    Hardwicke Rawnsley was a British clergyman, conservationist, and social reformer best known as a co-founder of the National Trust and an early protector of the Lake District’s natural and cultural heritage.
  • B. Nicholas Vansittart
    Nicholas Vansittart was a British Tory politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer during the early 19th century, becoming one of the longest-serving holders of that office.
  • C. Herbert Butterfield
    Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
  • D. Cecil Kimber
    Cecil Kimber was a British automotive engineer and businessman best known for developing and leading the MG sports car brand in its early years.
  • E. Sir John Kingman
    Sir John Kingman is a prominent British mathematician and statistician renowned for his foundational work in probability theory, including the development of Kingman’s coalescent.
  • 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 Crispin Tickell
Triple: [Lincoln College, Oxford, hasAlumni, Sir Crispin Tickell]
Generated description
Sir Crispin Tickell was a British diplomat and influential environmentalist known for his work on climate change policy and sustainable development.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Crispin Tickell
Target entity description: Sir Crispin Tickell was a British diplomat and influential environmentalist known for his work on climate change policy and sustainable development.
  • A. Hardwicke Rawnsley
    Hardwicke Rawnsley was a British clergyman, conservationist, and social reformer best known as a co-founder of the National Trust and an early protector of the Lake District’s natural and cultural heritage.
  • B. Nicholas Vansittart
    Nicholas Vansittart was a British Tory politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer during the early 19th century, becoming one of the longest-serving holders of that office.
  • C. Herbert Butterfield
    Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
  • D. Cecil Kimber
    Cecil Kimber was a British automotive engineer and businessman best known for developing and leading the MG sports car brand in its early years.
  • E. Sir John Kingman
    Sir John Kingman is a prominent British mathematician and statistician renowned for his foundational work in probability theory, including the development of Kingman’s coalescent.
  • 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_69bd4436a1988190af18dcff7fd306b4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd86cb13ac81909dc364e7d3605844 completed March 20, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf334fb498819089a33be56fa47a01 completed March 22, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf340a51848190b4722f456f997833 completed March 22, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf34714e808190b06b47891ea31bbf completed March 22, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.