Triple

T19367837
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir William Geddes E484448 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object William Geddes
William Geddes was a Scottish academic and classical scholar who served as Principal of the University of Aberdeen in the late 19th century.
 E1380879 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 Geddes | Statement: [Sir William Geddes, name, William Geddes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Geddes
Context triple: [Sir William Geddes, name, William Geddes]
  • A. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • B. George Douglas
    George Douglas was a pseudonym used by American jazz record producer and songwriter Bob Thiele, under which he co-wrote notable songs including "What a Wonderful World."
  • C. George Douglas
    George Douglas was a member of the Scottish aristocratic Douglas family and the son of James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry.
  • D. Charles Alling Gifford
    Charles Alling Gifford was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century resort hotels and other large-scale buildings in the United States.
  • E. William Hutchison
    William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
  • 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 Geddes
Triple: [Sir William Geddes, name, William Geddes]
Generated description
William Geddes was a Scottish academic and classical scholar who served as Principal of the University of Aberdeen in the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Geddes
Target entity description: William Geddes was a Scottish academic and classical scholar who served as Principal of the University of Aberdeen in the late 19th century.
  • A. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • B. George Douglas
    George Douglas was a pseudonym used by American jazz record producer and songwriter Bob Thiele, under which he co-wrote notable songs including "What a Wonderful World."
  • C. George Douglas
    George Douglas was a member of the Scottish aristocratic Douglas family and the son of James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry.
  • D. Charles Alling Gifford
    Charles Alling Gifford was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century resort hotels and other large-scale buildings in the United States.
  • E. William Hutchison
    William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
  • 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_69d8e8d305088190ad13571532aa454c completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e619adac8881909136c50351f3683d completed April 20, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a074e6552588190a7ea937419a7fc3e completed May 15, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a074f1461a4819089f233c8a762bc40 completed May 15, 2026, 4:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a074f71a6f48190b3866ed0ea989bc8 completed May 15, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:35 p.m.