Triple

T9734342
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Guinness World Records E236019 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Ross McWhirter
Ross McWhirter was a British writer, editor, and television presenter best known for co-compiling and popularizing the Guinness Book of Records with his twin brother, Norris.
 E822019 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: Ross McWhirter | Statement: [Guinness World Records, foundedBy, Ross McWhirter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ross McWhirter
Context triple: [Guinness World Records, foundedBy, Ross McWhirter]
  • A. Norris McWhirter
    Norris McWhirter was a British writer, sports journalist, and broadcaster best known as the co-founder and long-time editor of the Guinness Book of Records.
  • B. Robert Hodges
    Robert Hodges is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, and without additional context it most commonly refers to various professionals or public figures rather than a single widely recognized person.
  • C. Bill Leen
    Bill Leen is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Gin Blossoms.
  • D. Philip Dunn
    Philip Dunn is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the available information.
  • E. John Crowell
    John Crowell is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Crowell.
  • 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: Ross McWhirter
Triple: [Guinness World Records, foundedBy, Ross McWhirter]
Generated description
Ross McWhirter was a British writer, editor, and television presenter best known for co-compiling and popularizing the Guinness Book of Records with his twin brother, Norris.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ross McWhirter
Target entity description: Ross McWhirter was a British writer, editor, and television presenter best known for co-compiling and popularizing the Guinness Book of Records with his twin brother, Norris.
  • A. Norris McWhirter
    Norris McWhirter was a British writer, sports journalist, and broadcaster best known as the co-founder and long-time editor of the Guinness Book of Records.
  • B. Robert Hodges
    Robert Hodges is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, and without additional context it most commonly refers to various professionals or public figures rather than a single widely recognized person.
  • C. Bill Leen
    Bill Leen is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Gin Blossoms.
  • D. Philip Dunn
    Philip Dunn is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability is not clearly established from the available information.
  • E. John Crowell
    John Crowell is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Crowell.
  • 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_69ca84d313e88190983ee6ffd0ef60d2 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9eebcec08190a9d4606fd26f2e19 completed April 1, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1c4083b208190b0e23c4dcbea0532 completed April 5, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1c4fc4cc88190b020f672b9f9ba27 completed April 5, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1c5a1cfb08190b6c16e5309dbf2b8 completed April 5, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:22 p.m.