Triple

T66431
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kirk E1324 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Kirk
William Kirk is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, rather than a single widely recognized public figure.
E31394 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: William Kirk | Statement: [Kirk, hasNotableBearer, William Kirk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kirk
Context triple: [Kirk, hasNotableBearer, William Kirk]
  • A. John Lyon
    John Lyon was a 16th-century English landowner and philanthropist best known for endowing and founding Harrow School, one of England’s leading public schools.
  • B. Sir John Anderson
    Sir John Anderson was a British civil servant and politician who played a central administrative and security role in Winston Churchill’s World War II government.
  • C. Francis Smith
    Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
  • D. John Armstrong
    John Armstrong is a common personal name shared by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the military, the arts, and academia.
  • E. Reginald McKenna
    Reginald McKenna was a British Liberal politician who held several senior government posts, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the early 20th century.
  • 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: William Kirk
Triple: [Kirk, hasNotableBearer, William Kirk]
Generated description
William Kirk is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, rather than a single widely recognized public figure.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kirk
Target entity description: William Kirk is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, rather than a single widely recognized public figure.
  • A. John Lyon
    John Lyon was a 16th-century English landowner and philanthropist best known for endowing and founding Harrow School, one of England’s leading public schools.
  • B. Sir John Anderson
    Sir John Anderson was a British civil servant and politician who played a central administrative and security role in Winston Churchill’s World War II government.
  • C. Francis Smith
    Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
  • D. John Armstrong
    John Armstrong is a common personal name shared by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the military, the arts, and academia.
  • E. Reginald McKenna
    Reginald McKenna was a British Liberal politician who held several senior government posts, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the early 20th century.
  • 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_69a24ba4f760819081f6638a3c70538a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f01a2108190a494e7bfcced8290 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3695568dc8190866b84f839136eb8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a369d2b56c8190a6381b2da3e42e18 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a36a9f31408190b8f0e8273ff3a298 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:02 a.m.