Triple
T8992120
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of El Obeid |
E214814
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Hicks
William Hicks was a British Army officer best known for leading an ill-fated Egyptian army expedition that was annihilated by Mahdist forces at the Battle of El Obeid in 1883.
|
E778950
|
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: William Hicks | Statement: [Battle of El Obeid, commander, William Hicks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hicks Context triple: [Battle of El Obeid, commander, William Hicks]
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A.
Melvin Hicks
Melvin Hicks is the employee whose discrimination claim led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, which clarified the burden-shifting framework in employment discrimination law.
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B.
Lyndon Dykes
Lyndon Dykes is a professional footballer who plays as a striker, known for representing the Scotland national team and clubs in the English Football League.
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C.
Jervis McEntee
Jervis McEntee was a 19th-century American landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School, known for his poetic, melancholic depictions of nature.
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D.
John Potts
John Potts was an 18th-century ironmaster and founder of the town that became Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
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E.
John Fagan
John Fagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Fagan.
- 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: William Hicks Triple: [Battle of El Obeid, commander, William Hicks]
Generated description
William Hicks was a British Army officer best known for leading an ill-fated Egyptian army expedition that was annihilated by Mahdist forces at the Battle of El Obeid in 1883.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hicks Target entity description: William Hicks was a British Army officer best known for leading an ill-fated Egyptian army expedition that was annihilated by Mahdist forces at the Battle of El Obeid in 1883.
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A.
Melvin Hicks
Melvin Hicks is the employee whose discrimination claim led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, which clarified the burden-shifting framework in employment discrimination law.
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B.
Lyndon Dykes
Lyndon Dykes is a professional footballer who plays as a striker, known for representing the Scotland national team and clubs in the English Football League.
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C.
Jervis McEntee
Jervis McEntee was a 19th-century American landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School, known for his poetic, melancholic depictions of nature.
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D.
John Potts
John Potts was an 18th-century ironmaster and founder of the town that became Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
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E.
John Fagan
John Fagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Fagan.
- 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_69ca83a05c608190bdfdbdb25e994b39 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc68753590819094fd70ed35d8cedf |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:36 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d02fb3a27081909bc8504c92d8942f |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0316f47c88190920843b469d15069 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d032778adc8190a087497507a6e1ca |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:04 p.m.