Triple

T5943227
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Matthew Robinson Boulton E132216 entity
Predicate notableFamily P1481 FINISHED
Object Boulton family
The Boulton family is a prominent British industrial and entrepreneurial lineage best known for its association with pioneering manufacturer Matthew Boulton and the early Industrial Revolution.
E536589 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: Boulton family | Statement: [Matthew Robinson Boulton, notableFamily, Boulton family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boulton family
Context triple: [Matthew Robinson Boulton, notableFamily, Boulton family]
  • A. Broughton family
    The Broughton family was a prominent colonial-era family in the Goose Creek area of the former Province of South Carolina, influential in the region’s political and social life.
  • B. Wedgwood family
    The Wedgwood family is a prominent English dynasty best known for its influential pottery business and its close ties to Charles Darwin and other notable figures of the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • C. Strutt family
    The Strutt family were influential English industrialists and mill owners who played a major role in the early development of the cotton industry and the town of Belper during the Industrial Revolution.
  • D. Bridgeman family
    The Bridgeman family is a prominent British noble lineage historically associated with the peerage and landed estates in England.
  • E. Swinton family
    The Swinton family is an ancient Anglo-Scottish noble lineage historically associated with the Scottish Borders and known in modern times through actress Tilda Swinton.
  • 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: Boulton family
Triple: [Matthew Robinson Boulton, notableFamily, Boulton family]
Generated description
The Boulton family is a prominent British industrial and entrepreneurial lineage best known for its association with pioneering manufacturer Matthew Boulton and the early Industrial Revolution.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boulton family
Target entity description: The Boulton family is a prominent British industrial and entrepreneurial lineage best known for its association with pioneering manufacturer Matthew Boulton and the early Industrial Revolution.
  • A. Broughton family
    The Broughton family was a prominent colonial-era family in the Goose Creek area of the former Province of South Carolina, influential in the region’s political and social life.
  • B. Wedgwood family
    The Wedgwood family is a prominent English dynasty best known for its influential pottery business and its close ties to Charles Darwin and other notable figures of the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • C. Strutt family chosen
    The Strutt family were influential English industrialists and mill owners who played a major role in the early development of the cotton industry and the town of Belper during the Industrial Revolution.
  • D. Bridgeman family
    The Bridgeman family is a prominent British noble lineage historically associated with the peerage and landed estates in England.
  • E. Swinton family
    The Swinton family is an ancient Anglo-Scottish noble lineage historically associated with the Scottish Borders and known in modern times through actress Tilda Swinton.
  • F. None of above.

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_69c00869d3308190af89b2453e0f7546 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0393641d0819081c6c44816d94e4e completed March 22, 2026, 6:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0c07f9ab081909fe7727837fa7f7a completed March 23, 2026, 4:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0c1c02b608190a42850a15cf9d2c6 completed March 23, 2026, 4:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0c443df6c8190b7b566fa46177cfd completed March 23, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:01 p.m.