Triple

T7604879
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge E180076 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object Sir Thomas Smith
Sir Thomas Smith was a prominent 16th-century English scholar, diplomat, and statesman who served as Secretary of State to both Edward VI and Elizabeth I.
E676293 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 Thomas Smith | Statement: [Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, hasNotableAlumnus, Sir Thomas Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Thomas Smith
Context triple: [Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, hasNotableAlumnus, Sir Thomas Smith]
  • A. Sir Edwin Sandys
    Sir Edwin Sandys was an English statesman and parliamentarian who played a key role in early English colonization efforts, particularly in shaping the policies and governance of the Virginia colony.
  • B. Thomas Smythe
    Thomas Smythe was an English merchant and royal official best known as a key early organizer and financial backer of the English East India Company.
  • C. Nicholas Bacon
    Nicholas Bacon was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Queen Elizabeth I.
  • D. John Throckmorton
    John Throckmorton was a 17th-century English settler and landowner in the American colonies, after whom the New York neighborhood of Throggs Neck is named.
  • E. Edwin Duncan Sandys
    Edwin Duncan Sandys was a prominent British Conservative politician and government minister, known for his roles in defense and colonial policy during the mid-20th century and as the son-in-law of Winston Churchill.
  • 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 Thomas Smith
Triple: [Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, hasNotableAlumnus, Sir Thomas Smith]
Generated description
Sir Thomas Smith was a prominent 16th-century English scholar, diplomat, and statesman who served as Secretary of State to both Edward VI and Elizabeth I.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Thomas Smith
Target entity description: Sir Thomas Smith was a prominent 16th-century English scholar, diplomat, and statesman who served as Secretary of State to both Edward VI and Elizabeth I.
  • A. Sir Edwin Sandys
    Sir Edwin Sandys was an English statesman and parliamentarian who played a key role in early English colonization efforts, particularly in shaping the policies and governance of the Virginia colony.
  • B. Thomas Smythe
    Thomas Smythe was an English merchant and royal official best known as a key early organizer and financial backer of the English East India Company.
  • C. Nicholas Bacon
    Nicholas Bacon was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Queen Elizabeth I.
  • D. John Throckmorton
    John Throckmorton was a 17th-century English settler and landowner in the American colonies, after whom the New York neighborhood of Throggs Neck is named.
  • E. Edwin Duncan Sandys
    Edwin Duncan Sandys was a prominent British Conservative politician and government minister, known for his roles in defense and colonial policy during the mid-20th century and as the son-in-law of Winston Churchill.
  • 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_69c69f3567008190ab01d2ca7b53584a completed March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f9fbd1408190b721bf016f997c7b completed March 27, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c86853e1fc8190b16cdf779057c804 completed March 28, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c868fb7fe48190a1b7ab0e824e2984 completed March 28, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8697782d48190a6830f91800d3505 completed March 28, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:54 p.m.