Triple

T18144704
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elizabeth Gaskell E434355 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object William Stevenson
William Stevenson was a Scottish Unitarian minister and journalist best known as the father of Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell.
E1309692 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 Stevenson | Statement: [Elizabeth Gaskell, father, William Stevenson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stevenson
Context triple: [Elizabeth Gaskell, father, William Stevenson]
  • A. William Stevenson
    William Stevenson was a British-born Canadian journalist and author best known for his bestselling World War II espionage history "A Man Called Intrepid."
  • B. William Stevenson
    William "Mickey" Stevenson is an American songwriter and record producer best known as Motown's first A&R director, where he helped craft numerous hits for artists like Martha and the Vandellas.
  • C. Andrew Stevenson
    Andrew Stevenson is an American professional baseball outfielder who has played in Major League Baseball, notably for the Washington Nationals.
  • D. Andrew Stevenson
    Andrew Stevenson was a 19th-century American politician and diplomat who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom.
  • E. William Ross
    William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
  • 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 Stevenson
Triple: [Elizabeth Gaskell, father, William Stevenson]
Generated description
William Stevenson was a Scottish Unitarian minister and journalist best known as the father of Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stevenson
Target entity description: William Stevenson was a Scottish Unitarian minister and journalist best known as the father of Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell.
  • A. William Stevenson
    William Stevenson was a British-born Canadian journalist and author best known for his bestselling World War II espionage history "A Man Called Intrepid."
  • B. William Stevenson
    William "Mickey" Stevenson is an American songwriter and record producer best known as Motown's first A&R director, where he helped craft numerous hits for artists like Martha and the Vandellas.
  • C. Andrew Stevenson
    Andrew Stevenson was a 19th-century American politician and diplomat who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom.
  • D. Andrew Stevenson
    Andrew Stevenson is an American professional baseball outfielder who has played in Major League Baseball, notably for the Washington Nationals.
  • E. William Ross
    William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
  • 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_69d8b90aac308190801e2c57d8c5bfe5 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4de32d3f88190bd9f406729716407 completed April 19, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a038fb549d88190b9e4bf3dbd1c35b5 completed May 12, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a039182427c81909de840ddf7b2172f completed May 12, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03927b1794819098106ca3695178dc completed May 12, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:29 a.m.