Triple
T686540
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bigsby Medal |
E13295
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Whitehead Watts
William Whitehead Watts was a British geologist known for his pioneering work on the Precambrian rocks of the English Midlands and his influential role in early 20th-century geological research and education.
|
E156832
|
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 Whitehead Watts | Statement: [Bigsby Medal, notableRecipient, William Whitehead Watts]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Whitehead Watts Context triple: [Bigsby Medal, notableRecipient, William Whitehead Watts]
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A.
John Watts
John Watts was an 18th-century London printer and publisher known for producing notable literary and theatrical works.
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B.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
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C.
Jacob Wrey Mould
Jacob Wrey Mould was a 19th-century British-born architect and designer known for his ornate, polychromatic work on major New York City landmarks, including parts of Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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D.
Henry Willis
Henry Willis was a businessman best known for establishing Willis Group Holdings, a major global insurance brokerage and risk management firm.
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E.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
- 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 Whitehead Watts Triple: [Bigsby Medal, notableRecipient, William Whitehead Watts]
Generated description
William Whitehead Watts was a British geologist known for his pioneering work on the Precambrian rocks of the English Midlands and his influential role in early 20th-century geological research and education.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Whitehead Watts Target entity description: William Whitehead Watts was a British geologist known for his pioneering work on the Precambrian rocks of the English Midlands and his influential role in early 20th-century geological research and education.
-
A.
John Watts
John Watts was an 18th-century London printer and publisher known for producing notable literary and theatrical works.
-
B.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
-
C.
Jacob Wrey Mould
Jacob Wrey Mould was a 19th-century British-born architect and designer known for his ornate, polychromatic work on major New York City landmarks, including parts of Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
-
D.
Henry Willis
Henry Willis was a businessman best known for establishing Willis Group Holdings, a major global insurance brokerage and risk management firm.
-
E.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
- 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_69a4933e0f98819097d22766c49b61b8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a093ac988190bb339616a3ed5adb |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acce4b94d08190b7747b0b6d61e3e1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69accf3931bc81908e38755e2d024270 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69accfb8acfc8190bba379d8bb114c29 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.