Triple

T7456475
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henry Clifton Sorby E172136 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Sorby
Sorby is an English surname most notably associated with Henry Clifton Sorby, a pioneering 19th-century scientist in the fields of geology and microscopy.
 E665780 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: Sorby | Statement: [Henry Clifton Sorby, familyName, Sorby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sorby
Context triple: [Henry Clifton Sorby, familyName, Sorby]
  • A. Lapworth
    Lapworth is an English surname most notably associated with Charles Lapworth, a pioneering geologist known for his work on Ordovician stratigraphy.
  • B. Sorisdale
    Sorisdale is a small coastal settlement on the island of Coll in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
  • C. Tealby
    Tealby is a picturesque rural village in eastern England, known for its traditional stone cottages and scenic setting within the Lincolnshire countryside.
  • D. Bispham
    Bispham is a coastal suburb and residential area on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England, just north of Blackpool.
  • E. Latchford
    Latchford is a small town in northeastern Ontario, Canada, known for its historic logging roots and scenic location along the Montreal River.
  • 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: Sorby
Triple: [Henry Clifton Sorby, familyName, Sorby]
Generated description
Sorby is an English surname most notably associated with Henry Clifton Sorby, a pioneering 19th-century scientist in the fields of geology and microscopy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sorby
Target entity description: Sorby is an English surname most notably associated with Henry Clifton Sorby, a pioneering 19th-century scientist in the fields of geology and microscopy.
  • A. Lapworth
    Lapworth is an English surname most notably associated with Charles Lapworth, a pioneering geologist known for his work on Ordovician stratigraphy.
  • B. Sorisdale
    Sorisdale is a small coastal settlement on the island of Coll in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
  • C. Tealby
    Tealby is a picturesque rural village in eastern England, known for its traditional stone cottages and scenic setting within the Lincolnshire countryside.
  • D. Bispham
    Bispham is a coastal suburb and residential area on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England, just north of Blackpool.
  • E. Latchford
    Latchford is a small town in northeastern Ontario, Canada, known for its historic logging roots and scenic location along the Montreal River.
  • 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_69c68a66554c8190add75c65942c0317 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f3b0780881909e645160dd49eb57 completed March 27, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c827c39a848190bc275468362ce3bc completed March 28, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c828e1487081908de825d60ea38c9e completed March 28, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c829d8a15c8190911e0d7bda39c280 completed March 28, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.