Triple

T7480630
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Izaak Walton Killam E176746 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Killam
Killam is a surname most notably associated with Canadian financier and philanthropist Izaak Walton Killam, whose legacy includes major educational and research funding.
 E666679 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: Killam | Statement: [Izaak Walton Killam, familyName, Killam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Killam
Context triple: [Izaak Walton Killam, familyName, Killam]
  • A. Killie
    Killie is the commonly used nickname for Kilmarnock Football Club, a historic Scottish professional football team based in the town of Kilmarnock.
  • B. Killala
    Killala is a small coastal town in County Mayo, Ireland, historically noted as the site of a French landing during the 1798 Irish Rebellion.
  • C. Killin
    Killin is a picturesque village in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic setting at the western end of Loch Tay and the dramatic Falls of Dochart.
  • D. Killian
    Killian is a surname most notably associated with James R. Killian Jr., an influential American engineer and former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • E. Killay
    Killay is a suburban district of Swansea in South Wales, known primarily as a residential area with local amenities and access to nearby countryside.
  • 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: Killam
Triple: [Izaak Walton Killam, familyName, Killam]
Generated description
Killam is a surname most notably associated with Canadian financier and philanthropist Izaak Walton Killam, whose legacy includes major educational and research funding.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Killam
Target entity description: Killam is a surname most notably associated with Canadian financier and philanthropist Izaak Walton Killam, whose legacy includes major educational and research funding.
  • A. Killie
    Killie is the commonly used nickname for Kilmarnock Football Club, a historic Scottish professional football team based in the town of Kilmarnock.
  • B. Killala
    Killala is a small coastal town in County Mayo, Ireland, historically noted as the site of a French landing during the 1798 Irish Rebellion.
  • C. Killin
    Killin is a picturesque village in the Scottish Highlands, known for its scenic setting at the western end of Loch Tay and the dramatic Falls of Dochart.
  • D. Killian
    Killian is a surname most notably associated with James R. Killian Jr., an influential American engineer and former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • E. Killay
    Killay is a suburban district of Swansea in South Wales, known primarily as a residential area with local amenities and access to nearby countryside.
  • 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_69c69f236ce08190a04d7679f03b29b2 completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f532f4488190b6edaa96099c3b8f completed March 27, 2026, 9:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c83493f0988190b8c569d34bbe2817 completed March 28, 2026, 8:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c835cf7a58819095ed79b84f935a84 completed March 28, 2026, 8:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8366b2fcc8190bd8b07a54a848721 completed March 28, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:42 p.m.