Triple
T7593065
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hepburn |
E179787
|
entity |
| Predicate | developer |
P73
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Curtis Hepburn
James Curtis Hepburn was an American missionary and physician best known for creating the influential Hepburn romanization system for the Japanese language.
|
E674689
|
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: James Curtis Hepburn | Statement: [Hepburn, developer, James Curtis Hepburn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Curtis Hepburn Context triple: [Hepburn, developer, James Curtis Hepburn]
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A.
Charles Bryant
Charles Bryant was a British-born American stage and silent film actor best known for his professional and personal partnership with actress Alla Nazimova.
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B.
Thomas Norval Hepburn
Thomas Norval Hepburn was an American urologist and social reformer best known as the father of acclaimed actress Katharine Hepburn.
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C.
Charles Evans Whittaker
Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
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D.
John C. Wells
John C. Wells is a prominent British phonetician and phonologist known for his influential work on English accents and pronunciation, including his analyses of BBC English.
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E.
Horace Walker
Horace Walker was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and the Caucasus.
- 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: James Curtis Hepburn Triple: [Hepburn, developer, James Curtis Hepburn]
Generated description
James Curtis Hepburn was an American missionary and physician best known for creating the influential Hepburn romanization system for the Japanese language.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Curtis Hepburn Target entity description: James Curtis Hepburn was an American missionary and physician best known for creating the influential Hepburn romanization system for the Japanese language.
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A.
Charles Bryant
Charles Bryant was a British-born American stage and silent film actor best known for his professional and personal partnership with actress Alla Nazimova.
-
B.
Thomas Norval Hepburn
Thomas Norval Hepburn was an American urologist and social reformer best known as the father of acclaimed actress Katharine Hepburn.
-
C.
Charles Evans Whittaker
Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
-
D.
John C. Wells
John C. Wells is a prominent British phonetician and phonologist known for his influential work on English accents and pronunciation, including his analyses of BBC English.
-
E.
Horace Walker
Horace Walker was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and the Caucasus.
- 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_69c69f3487ec8190bf7acdf2dd91e6d6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f9b92c348190b547f0aacfb8d6be |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c86197fe0881908307a411cabdca7f |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c86223bfec8190b47f840e39c9a51a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c862bb95e881909a60608a5279238d |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:53 p.m.