Triple

T8585100
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bullard Laboratories, Cambridge E203286 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Edward Bullard
Edward Bullard was a pioneering British geophysicist known for his influential work on the Earth's magnetic field, geothermics, and plate tectonics.
E745074 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: Edward Bullard | Statement: [Bullard Laboratories, Cambridge, namedAfter, Edward Bullard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Bullard
Context triple: [Bullard Laboratories, Cambridge, namedAfter, Edward Bullard]
  • A. Charles Jennings
    Charles Jennings was a Canadian journalist and radio broadcaster, best known for his work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and as the father of news anchor Peter Jennings.
  • B. George Barnes
    George Barnes was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films from the silent era through the 1950s, earning multiple Academy Award nominations and one win.
  • C. William Belton
    William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
  • D. William Bucknell
    William Bucknell was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose major financial support led to the renaming of Bucknell University in his honor.
  • E. Joseph Bancroft
    Joseph Bancroft was an Australian physician and parasitologist known for his pioneering work on filarial worms, including the species later named Wuchereria bancrofti in his honor.
  • 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: Edward Bullard
Triple: [Bullard Laboratories, Cambridge, namedAfter, Edward Bullard]
Generated description
Edward Bullard was a pioneering British geophysicist known for his influential work on the Earth's magnetic field, geothermics, and plate tectonics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Bullard
Target entity description: Edward Bullard was a pioneering British geophysicist known for his influential work on the Earth's magnetic field, geothermics, and plate tectonics.
  • A. Charles Jennings
    Charles Jennings was a Canadian journalist and radio broadcaster, best known for his work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and as the father of news anchor Peter Jennings.
  • B. George Barnes
    George Barnes was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films from the silent era through the 1950s, earning multiple Academy Award nominations and one win.
  • C. William Belton
    William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
  • D. William Bucknell
    William Bucknell was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist whose major financial support led to the renaming of Bucknell University in his honor.
  • E. Joseph Bancroft
    Joseph Bancroft was an Australian physician and parasitologist known for his pioneering work on filarial worms, including the species later named Wuchereria bancrofti in his honor.
  • 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_69ca8329bb7c8190a63c643730839103 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc457ab8b08190a53c730417288deb completed March 31, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cea89e4658819090cc6e94e934670b completed April 2, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cea9cff1ec8190a0093fb42782341e completed April 2, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ceaa9f7f8c8190965e86880ff141d5 completed April 2, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:22 p.m.