Triple
T850408
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University of Aberdeen |
E18371
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Blair
James Blair was a Scottish-born clergyman and educator best known as the founder and first president of the College of William & Mary in colonial Virginia.
|
E110205
|
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 Blair | Statement: [University of Aberdeen, hasNotableAlumni, James Blair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Blair Context triple: [University of Aberdeen, hasNotableAlumni, James Blair]
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A.
Henry Wheaton
Henry Wheaton was a 19th-century American jurist, diplomat, and pioneering scholar of international law whose writings significantly shaped the field.
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B.
Robert Morris
Robert Morris was a Founding Father of the United States and its chief financier during the American Revolution, playing a crucial role in funding the Continental Army and shaping the new nation's economic foundations.
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C.
Francis Smith
Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
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D.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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E.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin Henry Latrobe was a pioneering British-American architect often regarded as the father of American architecture, known for his influential work on the United States Capitol and other early federal buildings.
- 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 Blair Triple: [University of Aberdeen, hasNotableAlumni, James Blair]
Generated description
James Blair was a Scottish-born clergyman and educator best known as the founder and first president of the College of William & Mary in colonial Virginia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Blair Target entity description: James Blair was a Scottish-born clergyman and educator best known as the founder and first president of the College of William & Mary in colonial Virginia.
-
A.
Henry Wheaton
Henry Wheaton was a 19th-century American jurist, diplomat, and pioneering scholar of international law whose writings significantly shaped the field.
-
B.
Robert Morris
Robert Morris was a Founding Father of the United States and its chief financier during the American Revolution, playing a crucial role in funding the Continental Army and shaping the new nation's economic foundations.
-
C.
Francis Smith
Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
-
D.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
-
E.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin Henry Latrobe was a pioneering British-American architect often regarded as the father of American architecture, known for his influential work on the United States Capitol and other early federal buildings.
- 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_69a4938b04208190b82e1df6b572c548 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ac215194819099e6bc1b5df58fb3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7edfe79bc8190bcfb89f4bbc1feb4 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 8:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a80a93f1f081909ca6a76346fd607e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 10:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a80aecb32c81908456b38f0d4603ef |
completed | March 4, 2026, 10:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.