Triple
T18561616
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sinclair Ross |
E453653
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Sinclair Ross
James Sinclair Ross was a Canadian author best known for his prairie realist novel "As For Me and My House," which is considered a classic of Canadian literature.
|
E1330926
|
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: James Sinclair Ross | Statement: [Sinclair Ross, birthName, James Sinclair Ross]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Sinclair Ross Context triple: [Sinclair Ross, birthName, James Sinclair Ross]
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A.
James Clark Ross
James Clark Ross was a 19th-century British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer renowned for his Antarctic and Arctic expeditions, including the discovery of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf.
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B.
James Nares
James Nares was an 18th-century English composer and organist best known for his church music and service as a prominent royal chapel musician.
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C.
George Back
George Back was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer renowned for his extensive surveying and mapping of northern Canada during multiple 19th-century expeditions.
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D.
Robert John Le Mesurier McClure
Robert John Le Mesurier McClure was a 19th-century British naval officer and Arctic explorer best known for his role in discovering a Northwest Passage by sea and ice.
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E.
George Strong Nares
George Strong Nares was a 19th-century British naval officer and Arctic explorer best known for leading the 1875–1876 British Arctic Expedition toward the North Pole.
- 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: James Sinclair Ross Triple: [Sinclair Ross, birthName, James Sinclair Ross]
Generated description
James Sinclair Ross was a Canadian author best known for his prairie realist novel "As For Me and My House," which is considered a classic of Canadian literature.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Sinclair Ross Target entity description: James Sinclair Ross was a Canadian author best known for his prairie realist novel "As For Me and My House," which is considered a classic of Canadian literature.
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A.
James Clark Ross
James Clark Ross was a 19th-century British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer renowned for his Antarctic and Arctic expeditions, including the discovery of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf.
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B.
James Nares
James Nares was an 18th-century English composer and organist best known for his church music and service as a prominent royal chapel musician.
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C.
George Back
George Back was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer renowned for his extensive surveying and mapping of northern Canada during multiple 19th-century expeditions.
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D.
Robert John Le Mesurier McClure
Robert John Le Mesurier McClure was a 19th-century British naval officer and Arctic explorer best known for his role in discovering a Northwest Passage by sea and ice.
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E.
George Strong Nares
George Strong Nares was a 19th-century British naval officer and Arctic explorer best known for leading the 1875–1876 British Arctic Expedition toward the North Pole.
- 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_69d8d38974308190a9174430ef256b73 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5380a46f08190afe7ca2ddfe209d5 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 8:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a049ae7faa48190954e42f20eeebbf0 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 3:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a049c461c288190955ac8cdaefc055d |
completed | May 13, 2026, 3:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a049cbbc0288190be82f11e660b7dff |
completed | May 13, 2026, 3:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:42 a.m.