Triple
T9682313
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Ferguson |
E234312
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Ferguson |
E234312
|
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: William Ferguson | Statement: [William Ferguson, knownAs, William Ferguson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Ferguson Context triple: [William Ferguson, knownAs, William Ferguson]
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A.
William Ferguson
chosen
William Ferguson was an Aboriginal Australian civil rights leader and activist who played a key role in organizing early campaigns for Indigenous rights and equality in the 20th century.
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B.
Tom Fergusson
Tom Fergusson was a Scottish football figure best known as the founder of Stirling Albion F.C.
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C.
James Fleming
James Fleming is a relatively common personal name shared by various individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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D.
James Finlayson
James Finlayson was a Scottish-born character actor best known for his comic roles in silent and early sound films, particularly his frequent collaborations with the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
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E.
Richard Ferguson
Richard Ferguson was a mid-20th-century middle-distance runner known for competing at an elite level during the era of the famed “Miracle Mile.”
- 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_69ca84c99e34819092e5563a7106cfca |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9ccdbcc48190a4a9a70b3f419ac2 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d19f736b988190b963e216a805316d |
completed | April 4, 2026, 11:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:16 p.m.