Triple

T987253
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Heriot-Watt University E21306 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object George Heriot
George Heriot was a wealthy 16th–17th century Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist whose endowments notably supported education in Edinburgh.
E116639 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: George Heriot | Statement: [Heriot-Watt University, namedAfter, George Heriot]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Heriot
Context triple: [Heriot-Watt University, namedAfter, George Heriot]
  • A. William Jessop
    William Jessop was a prominent 18th-century English civil engineer known for his influential work on canals, docks, and early railways during the Industrial Revolution.
  • B. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • C. Hamish Kirk
    Hamish Kirk is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Kirk, though specific widely known public details about him are not readily available.
  • D. Julius Lankershim
    Julius Lankershim was a prominent 19th-century Los Angeles landowner and developer whose holdings and influence helped shape early Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
  • E. Charles Cameron
    Charles Cameron was an 18th-century Scottish neoclassical architect renowned for his work at the Russian imperial court, particularly for Empress Catherine the Great.
  • 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: George Heriot
Triple: [Heriot-Watt University, namedAfter, George Heriot]
Generated description
George Heriot was a wealthy 16th–17th century Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist whose endowments notably supported education in Edinburgh.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Heriot
Target entity description: George Heriot was a wealthy 16th–17th century Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist whose endowments notably supported education in Edinburgh.
  • A. William Jessop
    William Jessop was a prominent 18th-century English civil engineer known for his influential work on canals, docks, and early railways during the Industrial Revolution.
  • B. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • C. Hamish Kirk
    Hamish Kirk is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Kirk, though specific widely known public details about him are not readily available.
  • D. Julius Lankershim
    Julius Lankershim was a prominent 19th-century Los Angeles landowner and developer whose holdings and influence helped shape early Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
  • E. Charles Cameron
    Charles Cameron was an 18th-century Scottish neoclassical architect renowned for his work at the Russian imperial court, particularly for Empress Catherine the Great.
  • 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_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4a7754c8190a10ba0587bd8323d completed March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac1ce5c0d48190ab023cec30b2c25a completed March 7, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac20a7f47c8190b765cde3c6fbe1f8 completed March 7, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac21640a8c8190820a1b34a7d5c895 completed March 7, 2026, 1 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.