Triple

T7220361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Royal National Lifeboat Institution E150243 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Sir William Hillary
Sir William Hillary was a 19th-century British philanthropist and maritime humanitarian best known for championing sea rescue and establishing what became the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
E649483 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: Sir William Hillary | Statement: [Royal National Lifeboat Institution, founder, Sir William Hillary]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir William Hillary
Context triple: [Royal National Lifeboat Institution, founder, Sir William Hillary]
  • A. Sir John Willison
    Sir John Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor known for his influential role in early 20th-century political and public affairs.
  • B. Sir William Martin
    Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
  • C. Sir Matthew Holworthy
    Sir Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist known for his substantial benefactions to educational institutions, including Harvard University.
  • D. Sir John Thomas
    Sir John Thomas is a distinguished British judge and legal figure who studied at Jesus College, Oxford.
  • E. Sir William Fettes
    Sir William Fettes was a 19th-century Scottish merchant and philanthropist whose wealth and bequest led to the creation of the prestigious Fettes College in Edinburgh.
  • 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: Sir William Hillary
Triple: [Royal National Lifeboat Institution, founder, Sir William Hillary]
Generated description
Sir William Hillary was a 19th-century British philanthropist and maritime humanitarian best known for championing sea rescue and establishing what became the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir William Hillary
Target entity description: Sir William Hillary was a 19th-century British philanthropist and maritime humanitarian best known for championing sea rescue and establishing what became the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
  • A. Sir John Willison
    Sir John Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor known for his influential role in early 20th-century political and public affairs.
  • B. Sir William Martin
    Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
  • C. Sir Matthew Holworthy
    Sir Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist known for his substantial benefactions to educational institutions, including Harvard University.
  • D. Sir John Thomas
    Sir John Thomas is a distinguished British judge and legal figure who studied at Jesus College, Oxford.
  • E. Sir William Fettes
    Sir William Fettes was a 19th-century Scottish merchant and philanthropist whose wealth and bequest led to the creation of the prestigious Fettes College in Edinburgh.
  • 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_69c687effb44819092b95d07d0368c9f completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e9b2ef8481908ac6608b1faeb1db completed March 27, 2026, 8:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7cc0707ec8190b874b23ee0065e32 completed March 28, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7cc9face481908d60ef11bba2c3ea completed March 28, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7cce7ed2c81909edeb68781e022d5 completed March 28, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:53 p.m.