Triple
T20251422
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Duncan Ferguson |
E498564
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entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Duncan Cowan Ferguson
Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former professional footballer and current football manager, best known as a powerful centre-forward for clubs including Everton and Newcastle United.
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E1421266
|
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: Duncan Cowan Ferguson | Statement: [Duncan Ferguson, fullName, Duncan Cowan Ferguson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duncan Cowan Ferguson Context triple: [Duncan Ferguson, fullName, Duncan Cowan Ferguson]
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A.
John Ferguson
John Ferguson is a celebrated former Australian rugby league winger renowned for his speed, try-scoring ability, and key role in the Canberra Raiders’ late-1980s success.
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B.
John Ferguson
John Ferguson, nicknamed "Scottie," is the troubled former police detective protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1958 film *Vertigo*.
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C.
James Cowan
James Cowan was the husband of Australian social reformer and politician Edith Cowan, supporting her pioneering public and political work in Western Australia.
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D.
Tom Fergusson
Tom Fergusson was a Scottish football figure best known as the founder of Stirling Albion F.C.
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E.
Milo Hamish Ferguson
Milo Hamish Ferguson is the son of Scottish-American comedian and former late-night talk show host Craig Ferguson.
- 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: Duncan Cowan Ferguson Triple: [Duncan Ferguson, fullName, Duncan Cowan Ferguson]
Generated description
Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former professional footballer and current football manager, best known as a powerful centre-forward for clubs including Everton and Newcastle United.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duncan Cowan Ferguson Target entity description: Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former professional footballer and current football manager, best known as a powerful centre-forward for clubs including Everton and Newcastle United.
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A.
John Ferguson
John Ferguson is a celebrated former Australian rugby league winger renowned for his speed, try-scoring ability, and key role in the Canberra Raiders’ late-1980s success.
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B.
John Ferguson
John Ferguson, nicknamed "Scottie," is the troubled former police detective protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1958 film *Vertigo*.
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C.
James Cowan
James Cowan was the husband of Australian social reformer and politician Edith Cowan, supporting her pioneering public and political work in Western Australia.
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D.
Tom Fergusson
Tom Fergusson was a Scottish football figure best known as the founder of Stirling Albion F.C.
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E.
Milo Hamish Ferguson
Milo Hamish Ferguson is the son of Scottish-American comedian and former late-night talk show host Craig Ferguson.
- 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_69da6274c58c81909c646eabed6f4f30 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e673a8b8488190b344df7a65f59684 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0855262c548190b5f6102b4e6e01a6 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0856ac50e081909c8bc737e4fe6e56 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a085746f2f08190a703a832f5867c7b |
completed | May 16, 2026, 11:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:41 p.m.