Triple
T789377
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clark Kerr |
E16876
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alexander Kerr
Alexander Kerr is known primarily as the son of influential American academic and former University of California president Clark Kerr.
|
E157865
|
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: Alexander Kerr | Statement: [Clark Kerr, child, Alexander Kerr]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Kerr Context triple: [Clark Kerr, child, Alexander Kerr]
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A.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
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B.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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C.
Robert Stevenson
Robert Stevenson was a prominent Scottish civil engineer best known for designing and building numerous lighthouses around the Scottish coast in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
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E.
Alan Cunningham
Alan Cunningham was a British Army general best known for leading Eighth Army forces in the North African campaign during World War II.
- 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: Alexander Kerr Triple: [Clark Kerr, child, Alexander Kerr]
Generated description
Alexander Kerr is known primarily as the son of influential American academic and former University of California president Clark Kerr.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Kerr Target entity description: Alexander Kerr is known primarily as the son of influential American academic and former University of California president Clark Kerr.
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A.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
-
B.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
-
C.
Robert Stevenson
Robert Stevenson was a prominent Scottish civil engineer best known for designing and building numerous lighthouses around the Scottish coast in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
-
D.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
-
E.
Alan Cunningham
Alan Cunningham was a British Army general best known for leading Eighth Army forces in the North African campaign during World War II.
- 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_69a4936cb7448190914f5fe4b8d81607 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a7841b0c8190859ecd247e32c6ec |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acd46422408190911e6eaec5866fe8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acd4fade9881908ed8e4598f4821f6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acd55b90608190a5ff734af6264ab5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.