Triple
T17532030
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Meldon Viaduct |
E426958
|
entity |
| Predicate | designer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Jacomb
William Jacomb was a civil engineer known for designing the Meldon Viaduct, a notable 19th-century railway structure in Devon, England.
|
E1277697
|
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: William Jacomb | Statement: [Meldon Viaduct, designer, William Jacomb]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Jacomb Context triple: [Meldon Viaduct, designer, William Jacomb]
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A.
Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs
Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs was a British colonial administrator who served as the first Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda after its independence.
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B.
Alan Jessop
Alan Jessop is an individual notable enough to be specifically referenced as a bearer of the surname Jessop, though detailed public information about him is limited.
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C.
F. W. Jacomb
F. W. Jacomb was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Alpine peak Castor.
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D.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
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E.
John Jessop
John Jessop is a relatively obscure individual whose name is noted primarily as a recorded bearer of the surname Jessop.
- 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: William Jacomb Triple: [Meldon Viaduct, designer, William Jacomb]
Generated description
William Jacomb was a civil engineer known for designing the Meldon Viaduct, a notable 19th-century railway structure in Devon, England.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Jacomb Target entity description: William Jacomb was a civil engineer known for designing the Meldon Viaduct, a notable 19th-century railway structure in Devon, England.
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A.
Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs
Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs was a British colonial administrator who served as the first Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda after its independence.
-
B.
Alan Jessop
Alan Jessop is an individual notable enough to be specifically referenced as a bearer of the surname Jessop, though detailed public information about him is limited.
-
C.
F. W. Jacomb
F. W. Jacomb was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Alpine peak Castor.
-
D.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
-
E.
John Jessop
John Jessop is a relatively obscure individual whose name is noted primarily as a recorded bearer of the surname Jessop.
- 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_69d889de677081909b22d2657b1f0292 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e453695734819092d4dcbab4a4fa01 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a01e80c38248190bf350df5211f0518 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a01ecfb2ff4819082f67ab1f2ce8885 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a01ee0c03e881908aaaa3bd0f596387 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:49 a.m.