Triple
T9211659
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John William Nicholson |
E221133
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John William Nicholson |
E221133
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: John William Nicholson | Statement: [John William Nicholson, name, John William Nicholson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John William Nicholson Context triple: [John William Nicholson, name, John William Nicholson]
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A.
John William Nicholson
chosen
John William Nicholson was a British physicist known for his early work on atomic theory and spectroscopy in the early 20th century.
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B.
John Nicholson
John Nicholson was a British Army officer in colonial India renowned for his fierce leadership and pivotal role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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C.
George Macalister
George Macalister was a 19th-century Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland.
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D.
Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is a British character actor known for his distinctive features and roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" and various Shakespearean adaptations.
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E.
Thomas Nicholls
Thomas Nicholls was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the original animal sculptures for Cardiff Castle’s iconic Animal Wall.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca83e9d0e081908bdb71097201a06c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ccd9b69838819088f33ca995fce222 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:39 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0660839f88190afdfb8bc2d710fc3 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:27 p.m.