Triple

T16115068
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bernard Francis Law E390982 entity
Predicate middleName P143 FINISHED
Object Francis
Francis is the middle name of Bernard Francis Law, the American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Boston and became widely known for his role in the church sexual abuse scandal.
E1194612 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: Francis | Statement: [Bernard Francis Law, middleName, Francis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis
Context triple: [Bernard Francis Law, middleName, Francis]
  • A. Francis
    Francis is the given first name of Daley Thompson, the celebrated British decathlete and double Olympic gold medalist.
  • B. Francis
    Francis is the given first name of the American actor Frank Morgan, best known for his role as the Wizard in "The Wizard of Oz."
  • C. Francis
    Francis is the middle name of Samuel Francis Du Pont, a prominent 19th-century U.S. Navy admiral from the Du Pont family.
  • D. Francis
    Francis is the given first name of Scottish former professional footballer Frank McAvennie.
  • E. Francis
    Francis was the given name of Francis of Lorraine, a 16th-century French nobleman who became Duke of Lorraine and played a significant role in European dynastic politics.
  • 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: Francis
Triple: [Bernard Francis Law, middleName, Francis]
Generated description
Francis is the middle name of Bernard Francis Law, the American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Boston and became widely known for his role in the church sexual abuse scandal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis
Target entity description: Francis is the middle name of Bernard Francis Law, the American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Boston and became widely known for his role in the church sexual abuse scandal.
  • A. Francis
    Francis is the middle name of Patrick Francis Healy, a prominent 19th-century American Jesuit priest and president of Georgetown University.
  • B. Francis
    Francis is the given name of St. Francis de Sales, a 17th-century Catholic bishop renowned for his spiritual writings and gentle approach to religious reform.
  • C. Francis
    Francis is the papal name of the current head of the Roman Catholic Church, known for his emphasis on humility, social justice, and interfaith dialogue.
  • D. Francis
    Francis is the given name of Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, a prominent British Labour politician, social reformer, and Roman Catholic intellectual.
  • E. Francis
    Francis is the middle name of Victoria Lawford, a member of the extended Kennedy family.
  • 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_69d87f1a8dd881909f1de6ef78849874 completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e2016a9dd48190bca3f58778ed865f completed April 17, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffeb9b3e708190be822f7ed588c9da completed May 10, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffec7d0b188190805a471ed3a97eb5 completed May 10, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffed254d8c81909e0d86621c7792cb completed May 10, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.