Triple

T8002529
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Timothy Richard Ware E186284 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Timothy Richard
Timothy Richard was a Welsh Baptist missionary and sinologist known for his influential work in late Qing dynasty China, including famine relief, educational reform, and efforts to introduce Western ideas.
E704195 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: Timothy Richard | Statement: [Timothy Richard Ware, givenName, Timothy Richard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy Richard
Context triple: [Timothy Richard Ware, givenName, Timothy Richard]
  • A. Henry Robinson
    Henry Robinson was an English clergyman and theologian active in early 17th-century religious affairs, notably involved in high-level ecclesiastical discussions under James I.
  • B. Julius Tennon
    Julius Tennon is an American actor and film producer known for his work in television and film and for co-founding JuVee Productions with his wife, Viola Davis.
  • C. Frederick Rosier
    Frederick Rosier was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during and after the Second World War, including leadership of Fighter Command.
  • D. Charles Sylvester
    Charles Sylvester was an English chemist and inventor of the early 19th century, noted for his work on heating, ventilation, and industrial safety.
  • E. Joseph Desha
    Joseph Desha was an American soldier and politician who served as a U.S. Congressman and later as the ninth governor of Kentucky in the early 19th century.
  • 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: Timothy Richard
Triple: [Timothy Richard Ware, givenName, Timothy Richard]
Generated description
Timothy Richard was a Welsh Baptist missionary and sinologist known for his influential work in late Qing dynasty China, including famine relief, educational reform, and efforts to introduce Western ideas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timothy Richard
Target entity description: Timothy Richard was a Welsh Baptist missionary and sinologist known for his influential work in late Qing dynasty China, including famine relief, educational reform, and efforts to introduce Western ideas.
  • A. Henry Robinson
    Henry Robinson was an English clergyman and theologian active in early 17th-century religious affairs, notably involved in high-level ecclesiastical discussions under James I.
  • B. Julius Tennon
    Julius Tennon is an American actor and film producer known for his work in television and film and for co-founding JuVee Productions with his wife, Viola Davis.
  • C. Frederick Rosier
    Frederick Rosier was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during and after the Second World War, including leadership of Fighter Command.
  • D. Charles Sylvester
    Charles Sylvester was an English chemist and inventor of the early 19th century, noted for his work on heating, ventilation, and industrial safety.
  • E. Joseph Desha
    Joseph Desha was an American soldier and politician who served as a U.S. Congressman and later as the ninth governor of Kentucky in the early 19th century.
  • 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_69ca82aaaf24819084b94d18f699ba53 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3cf2918081909ee0afab11caed63 completed March 31, 2026, 3:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cbe121b0ac81908b9da58cf14c8df5 completed March 31, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cbe441b76881909efa791b74316088 completed March 31, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc34749ae08190a1d30919a0594bfd completed March 31, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:18 p.m.