Triple
T710505
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University of Sheffield |
E14194
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Blunkett
David Blunkett is a British Labour politician who served as Home Secretary and is known for being one of the UK's most prominent blind public figures.
|
E86485
|
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: David Blunkett | Statement: [University of Sheffield, hasNotableAlumni, David Blunkett]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Blunkett Context triple: [University of Sheffield, hasNotableAlumni, David Blunkett]
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A.
William Hague
William Hague is a British Conservative politician and former Foreign Secretary who also served as Leader of the Opposition and held several senior cabinet posts.
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B.
Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd is a British Conservative politician and author who served as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
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C.
John Reid
John Reid is a common name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians, athletes, and artists across English-speaking countries.
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D.
Neil Kinnock
Neil Kinnock is a British politician who led the Labour Party through the 1980s and early 1990s, initiating its modernization after a period of electoral defeats.
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E.
Lord Mandelson
Lord Mandelson is a British Labour politician and life peer who served in several senior government roles, including Business Secretary, and was a key architect of the New Labour project under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
- 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: David Blunkett Triple: [University of Sheffield, hasNotableAlumni, David Blunkett]
Generated description
David Blunkett is a British Labour politician who served as Home Secretary and is known for being one of the UK's most prominent blind public figures.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Blunkett Target entity description: David Blunkett is a British Labour politician who served as Home Secretary and is known for being one of the UK's most prominent blind public figures.
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A.
William Hague
William Hague is a British Conservative politician and former Foreign Secretary who also served as Leader of the Opposition and held several senior cabinet posts.
-
B.
Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd is a British Conservative politician and author who served as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
-
C.
John Reid
John Reid is a common name shared by several notable individuals, including politicians, athletes, and artists across English-speaking countries.
-
D.
Neil Kinnock
Neil Kinnock is a British politician who led the Labour Party through the 1980s and early 1990s, initiating its modernization after a period of electoral defeats.
-
E.
Lord Mandelson
Lord Mandelson is a British Labour politician and life peer who served in several senior government roles, including Business Secretary, and was a key architect of the New Labour project under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
- 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a55c99fc8190941c5fd18551792a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a63757e5848190b7c11820f67b20a7 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a63a3e81688190ab49d55fb53bfb00 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a63ae6b6b88190aa2bb2e39b7afff6 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 1:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.