Triple

T5886525
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Surveyor-General of the Ordnance E130876 entity
Predicate notableOfficeHolder P5750 FINISHED
Object John Desaguliers
John Desaguliers was an 18th-century British engineer and military officer known for his contributions to artillery science and his service in high-ranking technical posts within the British Army.
E552789 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: John Desaguliers | Statement: [Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, notableOfficeHolder, John Desaguliers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Desaguliers
Context triple: [Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, notableOfficeHolder, John Desaguliers]
  • A. James Gregory
    James Gregory was an American character actor known for his authoritative roles in film and television, including appearances in classics like "The Manchurian Candidate" and the TV series "Barney Miller."
  • B. Henry Oldenburg
    Henry Oldenburg was a 17th-century German-born philosopher and diplomat who became the first Secretary of the Royal Society and a pioneering figure in early scientific communication.
  • C. Samuel Clarke
    Samuel Clarke was an 18th-century English philosopher and Anglican clergyman known for his influential works on natural religion, metaphysics, and Newtonian theology.
  • D. Theodore de Mayerne
    Theodore de Mayerne was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-born physician and chemist who served as royal doctor in England and helped advance early modern medical and chemical practice.
  • E. John Flamsteed
    John Flamsteed was a 17th–18th century English astronomer best known as the first Astronomer Royal and for his foundational star cataloguing work.
  • 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: John Desaguliers
Triple: [Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, notableOfficeHolder, John Desaguliers]
Generated description
John Desaguliers was an 18th-century British engineer and military officer known for his contributions to artillery science and his service in high-ranking technical posts within the British Army.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Desaguliers
Target entity description: John Desaguliers was an 18th-century British engineer and military officer known for his contributions to artillery science and his service in high-ranking technical posts within the British Army.
  • A. James Gregory
    James Gregory was an American character actor known for his authoritative roles in film and television, including appearances in classics like "The Manchurian Candidate" and the TV series "Barney Miller."
  • B. Henry Oldenburg
    Henry Oldenburg was a 17th-century German-born philosopher and diplomat who became the first Secretary of the Royal Society and a pioneering figure in early scientific communication.
  • C. Samuel Clarke
    Samuel Clarke was an 18th-century English philosopher and Anglican clergyman known for his influential works on natural religion, metaphysics, and Newtonian theology.
  • D. Theodore de Mayerne
    Theodore de Mayerne was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-born physician and chemist who served as royal doctor in England and helped advance early modern medical and chemical practice.
  • E. John Flamsteed
    John Flamsteed was a 17th–18th century English astronomer best known as the first Astronomer Royal and for his foundational star cataloguing work.
  • 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_69c0085628dc8190b334c1b44c067efc completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0367a61648190bf97746caa4061fe completed March 22, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0b13ce8788190b07771180f0fa376 completed March 23, 2026, 3:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0b1e67c448190808b3e93de8f6eed completed March 23, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0b286537481908741b9e0a368f94f completed March 23, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:57 p.m.