Triple
T20582266
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Driffield Navigation |
E505687
|
entity |
| Predicate | engineer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Pinkerton
James Pinkerton was a civil engineer known for his work on the Driffield Navigation waterway in England.
|
E1438455
|
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 Pinkerton | Statement: [Driffield Navigation, engineer, James Pinkerton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Pinkerton Context triple: [Driffield Navigation, engineer, James Pinkerton]
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A.
Percy Pinkerton
Percy Pinkerton is a British soldier and member of Marvel Comics’ Howling Commandos, known for his dapper appearance, bowler hat, and fighting alongside Nick Fury during World War II.
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B.
B. F. Pinkerton
B. F. Pinkerton is the American naval officer whose impulsive marriage and subsequent abandonment of the geisha Cio-Cio San drives the tragic plot of Puccini’s opera *Madama Butterfly*.
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C.
Alfred Borden
Alfred Borden is a brilliant but secretive Victorian-era stage magician whose obsessive rivalry and extreme dedication to his craft drive the central mystery and tragedy of "The Prestige."
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D.
Joseph DeCamp
Joseph DeCamp was an American painter associated with the Boston School, known for his refined portraits and impressionistic interiors.
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E.
Benson DuBois
Benson DuBois is the witty, sharp-tongued butler-turned-state official portrayed by Robert Guillaume in the sitcoms "Soap" and its spin-off "Benson."
- 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 Pinkerton Triple: [Driffield Navigation, engineer, James Pinkerton]
Generated description
James Pinkerton was a civil engineer known for his work on the Driffield Navigation waterway in England.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Pinkerton Target entity description: James Pinkerton was a civil engineer known for his work on the Driffield Navigation waterway in England.
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A.
Percy Pinkerton
Percy Pinkerton is a British soldier and member of Marvel Comics’ Howling Commandos, known for his dapper appearance, bowler hat, and fighting alongside Nick Fury during World War II.
-
B.
B. F. Pinkerton
B. F. Pinkerton is the American naval officer whose impulsive marriage and subsequent abandonment of the geisha Cio-Cio San drives the tragic plot of Puccini’s opera *Madama Butterfly*.
-
C.
Alfred Borden
Alfred Borden is a brilliant but secretive Victorian-era stage magician whose obsessive rivalry and extreme dedication to his craft drive the central mystery and tragedy of "The Prestige."
-
D.
Joseph DeCamp
Joseph DeCamp was an American painter associated with the Boston School, known for his refined portraits and impressionistic interiors.
-
E.
Benson DuBois
Benson DuBois is the witty, sharp-tongued butler-turned-state official portrayed by Robert Guillaume in the sitcoms "Soap" and its spin-off "Benson."
- 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_69e0b4b9669c8190b8e81fc72817d42c |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6a90f7e34819086b1745dcd53ba25 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a08acecf4d8819093280bbcd43150d4 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a08ad96b2a081908d32e335c5265eec |
completed | May 16, 2026, 5:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a08ae19eca08190ada48b48105be62d |
completed | May 16, 2026, 5:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:40 a.m.