Triple
T6132246
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Coats Observatory |
E136745
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Coats
Thomas Coats was a prominent Scottish industrialist and philanthropist from Paisley, best known for his role in the thread manufacturing firm J. & P. Coats and for funding major civic and scientific institutions.
|
E571914
|
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: Thomas Coats | Statement: [Coats Observatory, foundedBy, Thomas Coats]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Coats Context triple: [Coats Observatory, foundedBy, Thomas Coats]
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A.
Gordon Coates
Gordon Coates was a New Zealand politician who served as Prime Minister in the 1920s and played a key role in shaping the country's policies within the British Empire and later the Commonwealth.
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B.
William Coventry
William Coventry was a 17th-century English statesman and naval administrator who became a key reformer and influential figure in the management of the Royal Navy during the Restoration period.
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C.
Richard Laxton
Richard Laxton is a British film and television director known for his work on dramas such as the period film "Effie Gray."
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D.
Peter Crompton
Peter Crompton was a British physician and intellectual active in late 18th- and early 19th-century England, known for his involvement in scientific and reformist circles.
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E.
William Robertson Coe
William Robertson Coe was a British-born American insurance executive and philanthropist known for his wealth, art collecting, and development of grand estates such as those on Long Island.
- 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: Thomas Coats Triple: [Coats Observatory, foundedBy, Thomas Coats]
Generated description
Thomas Coats was a prominent Scottish industrialist and philanthropist from Paisley, best known for his role in the thread manufacturing firm J. & P. Coats and for funding major civic and scientific institutions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Coats Target entity description: Thomas Coats was a prominent Scottish industrialist and philanthropist from Paisley, best known for his role in the thread manufacturing firm J. & P. Coats and for funding major civic and scientific institutions.
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A.
Gordon Coates
Gordon Coates was a New Zealand politician who served as Prime Minister in the 1920s and played a key role in shaping the country's policies within the British Empire and later the Commonwealth.
-
B.
William Coventry
William Coventry was a 17th-century English statesman and naval administrator who became a key reformer and influential figure in the management of the Royal Navy during the Restoration period.
-
C.
Richard Laxton
Richard Laxton is a British film and television director known for his work on dramas such as the period film "Effie Gray."
-
D.
Peter Crompton
Peter Crompton was a British physician and intellectual active in late 18th- and early 19th-century England, known for his involvement in scientific and reformist circles.
-
E.
William Robertson Coe
William Robertson Coe was a British-born American insurance executive and philanthropist known for his wealth, art collecting, and development of grand estates such as those on Long Island.
- 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_69c008a0a37c81908e5b4f879158afb3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05c4f7ad8819096b09ddd312453fb |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c135d75a588190a565026498bcce57 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c137fb40e881909bdbd776c55a1f51 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c1387a38788190b8cf2b04e5eeb5e3 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:15 p.m.