Triple

T18517223
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earle Birney E452496 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Birney
Birney is a surname most notably associated with Earle Birney, a prominent Canadian poet and writer.
E1328893 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: Birney | Statement: [Earle Birney, familyName, Birney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birney
Context triple: [Earle Birney, familyName, Birney]
  • A. Binnie
    Binnie is the surname of Brian Binnie, a Scottish-American test pilot and astronaut known for flying SpaceShipOne on its historic suborbital spaceflights.
  • B. Benvie
    Benvie is a small rural parish in Angus, Scotland, historically notable as the birthplace of mathematician and geologist John Playfair.
  • C. Lovejoy
    Lovejoy is a surname most notably associated with Thomas E. Lovejoy, an influential American biologist and conservationist known for pioneering work in biodiversity.
  • D. Lovejoy
    Lovejoy is a British television drama series about a roguish yet charming antiques dealer with a knack for spotting valuable items and getting into trouble.
  • E. Balfe
    Balfe is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as music, acting, and 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: Birney
Triple: [Earle Birney, familyName, Birney]
Generated description
Birney is a surname most notably associated with Earle Birney, a prominent Canadian poet and writer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birney
Target entity description: Birney is a surname most notably associated with Earle Birney, a prominent Canadian poet and writer.
  • A. Binnie
    Binnie is the surname of Brian Binnie, a Scottish-American test pilot and astronaut known for flying SpaceShipOne on its historic suborbital spaceflights.
  • B. Benvie
    Benvie is a small rural parish in Angus, Scotland, historically notable as the birthplace of mathematician and geologist John Playfair.
  • C. Lovejoy
    Lovejoy is a surname most notably associated with Thomas E. Lovejoy, an influential American biologist and conservationist known for pioneering work in biodiversity.
  • D. Lovejoy
    Lovejoy is a British television drama series about a roguish yet charming antiques dealer with a knack for spotting valuable items and getting into trouble.
  • E. Balfe
    Balfe is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as music, acting, and politics.
  • 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_69d8d386df84819092355ebb260d848e completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5338b2cd0819095db59f6bfc70814 completed April 19, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a04916c1cb88190889ad7d1c1dc4279 completed May 13, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a04921b1a508190b8bb6d6c4597ab99 completed May 13, 2026, 3 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0492ba4ea08190b59510b221ad5d21 completed May 13, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:36 a.m.