Triple
T9070231
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford |
E217345
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableHolder |
P1918
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
R. C. Zaehner
R. C. Zaehner was a prominent 20th-century British scholar of comparative religion and mysticism, known for his influential writings on Eastern religions and their relationship to Western thought.
|
E776108
|
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: R. C. Zaehner | Statement: [Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford, notableHolder, R. C. Zaehner]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. C. Zaehner Context triple: [Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford, notableHolder, R. C. Zaehner]
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A.
C. H. Dodd
C. H. Dodd was a prominent 20th-century British New Testament scholar and theologian known for his influential work on the Gospel of John, realized eschatology, and the historical interpretation of Christian doctrine.
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B.
Frithjof Schuon
Frithjof Schuon was a 20th-century metaphysician and spiritual author known as a leading figure of the Traditionalist School, emphasizing perennial philosophy and the transcendent unity of religions.
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C.
Raymond Priestley
Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
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D.
O. V. Wright
O. V. Wright was an American soul and blues singer known for his deeply emotive vocals and influential Southern soul recordings in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Max Müller
Max Müller was a pioneering 19th-century German-born philologist and Orientalist, best known for his influential work on comparative linguistics, the study and translation of Sanskrit texts, and the early development of comparative religion.
- 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: R. C. Zaehner Triple: [Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford, notableHolder, R. C. Zaehner]
Generated description
R. C. Zaehner was a prominent 20th-century British scholar of comparative religion and mysticism, known for his influential writings on Eastern religions and their relationship to Western thought.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. C. Zaehner Target entity description: R. C. Zaehner was a prominent 20th-century British scholar of comparative religion and mysticism, known for his influential writings on Eastern religions and their relationship to Western thought.
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A.
C. H. Dodd
C. H. Dodd was a prominent 20th-century British New Testament scholar and theologian known for his influential work on the Gospel of John, realized eschatology, and the historical interpretation of Christian doctrine.
-
B.
Frithjof Schuon
Frithjof Schuon was a 20th-century metaphysician and spiritual author known as a leading figure of the Traditionalist School, emphasizing perennial philosophy and the transcendent unity of religions.
-
C.
Raymond Priestley
Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
-
D.
O. V. Wright
O. V. Wright was an American soul and blues singer known for his deeply emotive vocals and influential Southern soul recordings in the 1960s and 1970s.
-
E.
Max Müller
Max Müller was a pioneering 19th-century German-born philologist and Orientalist, best known for his influential work on comparative linguistics, the study and translation of Sanskrit texts, and the early development of comparative religion.
- 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_69ca83d5a7f48190b16c1e59bd43ede0 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc955d29548190a204efd3257b6d5d |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cffde470388190ae88a96654404410 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 5:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d000d2c5688190b014ce33c04ff875 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 6:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d001a1056c819083793547dbd4b1ee |
completed | April 3, 2026, 6:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:11 p.m.