Triple
T7663667
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture |
E173571
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Clifford Copland Paterson
Clifford Copland Paterson was a British electrical engineer and physicist renowned for his pioneering work in industrial research and for founding the GEC Research Laboratories.
|
E679838
|
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: Clifford Copland Paterson | Statement: [Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture, namedAfter, Clifford Copland Paterson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clifford Copland Paterson Context triple: [Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture, namedAfter, Clifford Copland Paterson]
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A.
William Brooks Clift
William Brooks Clift was the father of acclaimed American actor Montgomery Clift and a member of a prominent New York family involved in finance and business.
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B.
Walter Leighton Clark
Walter Leighton Clark was an American artist, businessman, and arts patron best known for co-founding influential art institutions in early 20th-century New York City.
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C.
Edward McPherson
Edward McPherson was a 19th-century American politician and journalist best known for serving multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as Clerk of the House.
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D.
Charles Clark
Charles Clark is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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E.
Robert Earle Clarke
Robert Earle Clarke is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player best known as a Hall of Fame center and longtime captain of the Philadelphia Flyers.
- 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: Clifford Copland Paterson Triple: [Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture, namedAfter, Clifford Copland Paterson]
Generated description
Clifford Copland Paterson was a British electrical engineer and physicist renowned for his pioneering work in industrial research and for founding the GEC Research Laboratories.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clifford Copland Paterson Target entity description: Clifford Copland Paterson was a British electrical engineer and physicist renowned for his pioneering work in industrial research and for founding the GEC Research Laboratories.
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A.
William Brooks Clift
William Brooks Clift was the father of acclaimed American actor Montgomery Clift and a member of a prominent New York family involved in finance and business.
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B.
Walter Leighton Clark
Walter Leighton Clark was an American artist, businessman, and arts patron best known for co-founding influential art institutions in early 20th-century New York City.
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C.
Edward McPherson
Edward McPherson was a 19th-century American politician and journalist best known for serving multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as Clerk of the House.
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D.
Charles Clark
Charles Clark is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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E.
Robert Earle Clarke
Robert Earle Clarke is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player best known as a Hall of Fame center and longtime captain of the Philadelphia Flyers.
- 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_69c69955517c819085bc715b96d304d2 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c701a868bc8190b975cae769e23546 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c89b1fdccc8190a69b4745dc3b2347 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c89d513af88190b453bf3bf1adcbfb |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c89ddd81a88190924d41529e94b06b |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:59 p.m.