Triple
T13363437
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomson's gazelle |
E318875
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joseph Thomson
Joseph Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish explorer and geologist known for his expeditions in East Africa, after whom Thomson's gazelle is named.
|
E1037854
|
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: Joseph Thomson | Statement: [Thomson's gazelle, namedAfter, Joseph Thomson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Thomson Context triple: [Thomson's gazelle, namedAfter, Joseph Thomson]
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A.
J. J. Thomson
J. J. Thomson was a British physicist best known for discovering the electron and proposing the "plum pudding" model of the atom.
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B.
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford was a pioneering New Zealand-born physicist known as the father of nuclear physics for his groundbreaking work on radioactivity and the structure of the atom.
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C.
Charles Glover Barkla
Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering research on X-ray spectroscopy and the characteristic radiation of elements.
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D.
George Stoney
George Stoney was an Irish physicist and academic best known for introducing the term "electron" for the fundamental unit of electric charge.
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E.
Ernest Marsden
Ernest Marsden was a British-New Zealand physicist best known for co-conducting the gold foil experiment that led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus.
- 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: Joseph Thomson Triple: [Thomson's gazelle, namedAfter, Joseph Thomson]
Generated description
Joseph Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish explorer and geologist known for his expeditions in East Africa, after whom Thomson's gazelle is named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Thomson Target entity description: Joseph Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish explorer and geologist known for his expeditions in East Africa, after whom Thomson's gazelle is named.
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A.
J. J. Thomson
J. J. Thomson was a British physicist best known for discovering the electron and proposing the "plum pudding" model of the atom.
-
B.
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford was a pioneering New Zealand-born physicist known as the father of nuclear physics for his groundbreaking work on radioactivity and the structure of the atom.
-
C.
Charles Glover Barkla
Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering research on X-ray spectroscopy and the characteristic radiation of elements.
-
D.
George Stoney
George Stoney was an Irish physicist and academic best known for introducing the term "electron" for the fundamental unit of electric charge.
-
E.
Ernest Marsden
Ernest Marsden was a British-New Zealand physicist best known for co-conducting the gold foil experiment that led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus.
- 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_69d806b7bbac8190b85278c87fa7aff3 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69da628affd081909f1790d333f0eef4 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7267c99788190b158b1d9f57ceba2 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f72a92211481909ddc9e45b6a3a488 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f72b869a8c81908d3d6e05c80d89cf |
completed | May 3, 2026, 11:03 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:32 p.m.