Triple

T18120870
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mass-Observation E433726 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Tom Harrisson
Tom Harrisson was a British social researcher, anthropologist, and writer best known as a co-founder of the Mass-Observation project, which documented everyday life in Britain.
E1306744 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: Tom Harrisson | Statement: [Mass-Observation, foundedBy, Tom Harrisson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Harrisson
Context triple: [Mass-Observation, foundedBy, Tom Harrisson]
  • A. Carl Blegen
    Carl Blegen was an American archaeologist renowned for his influential excavations at Troy and Pylos, which significantly advanced the study of Bronze Age Greece.
  • B. Alfred V. Kidder
    Alfred V. Kidder was a pioneering American archaeologist renowned for developing stratigraphic excavation methods and advancing the study of ancient Mesoamerican and Southwestern U.S. cultures.
  • C. J. Walter Fewkes
    J. Walter Fewkes was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering studies of Native American cultures, particularly the Hopi and other Pueblo peoples, and for his influential work in early ethnographic field recording.
  • D. Gordon Willey
    Gordon Willey was a prominent American archaeologist known for his pioneering work in New World archaeology and the development of settlement pattern studies, particularly in Mesoamerica and Peru.
  • E. Robert J. Braidwood
    Robert J. Braidwood was an influential American archaeologist and prehistorian known for pioneering interdisciplinary research on early agricultural communities in the Near East.
  • 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: Tom Harrisson
Triple: [Mass-Observation, foundedBy, Tom Harrisson]
Generated description
Tom Harrisson was a British social researcher, anthropologist, and writer best known as a co-founder of the Mass-Observation project, which documented everyday life in Britain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Harrisson
Target entity description: Tom Harrisson was a British social researcher, anthropologist, and writer best known as a co-founder of the Mass-Observation project, which documented everyday life in Britain.
  • A. Carl Blegen
    Carl Blegen was an American archaeologist renowned for his influential excavations at Troy and Pylos, which significantly advanced the study of Bronze Age Greece.
  • B. Alfred V. Kidder
    Alfred V. Kidder was a pioneering American archaeologist renowned for developing stratigraphic excavation methods and advancing the study of ancient Mesoamerican and Southwestern U.S. cultures.
  • C. J. Walter Fewkes
    J. Walter Fewkes was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering studies of Native American cultures, particularly the Hopi and other Pueblo peoples, and for his influential work in early ethnographic field recording.
  • D. Gordon Willey
    Gordon Willey was a prominent American archaeologist known for his pioneering work in New World archaeology and the development of settlement pattern studies, particularly in Mesoamerica and Peru.
  • E. Robert J. Braidwood
    Robert J. Braidwood was an influential American archaeologist and prehistorian known for pioneering interdisciplinary research on early agricultural communities in the Near East.
  • 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_69d8b909e8cc81908df4cc2b8ea6d11f completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ddea61bc8190af4b3efa2596b632 completed April 19, 2026, 1:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a037c434db081909033b922a1aa2f57 completed May 12, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a037e03d37c819093ef34d1752f6c01 completed May 12, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a037f09a0b48190942cd8a6184a68fb completed May 12, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:28 a.m.