Triple
T20905661
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chesterfield Canal |
E514790
|
entity |
| Predicate | engineer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Varley
John Varley was a civil engineer known for his work on English waterways, including contributing to the development of the Chesterfield Canal.
|
E1456928
|
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: John Varley | Statement: [Chesterfield Canal, engineer, John Varley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Varley Context triple: [Chesterfield Canal, engineer, John Varley]
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A.
Jack Williamson
Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
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B.
James P. Hogan
James P. Hogan was a British science fiction author known for his hard-science, idea-driven novels such as the Giants series.
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C.
Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is a British science fiction author and academic known for his inventive novels, critical studies of the genre, and multiple award-winning works.
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D.
Poul Anderson
Poul Anderson was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his prolific output, hard science rigor, and influential works during the mid-20th-century Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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E.
Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist best known for his hard science fiction novels such as "Timescape" and his contributions to the Galactic Center series.
- 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: John Varley Triple: [Chesterfield Canal, engineer, John Varley]
Generated description
John Varley was a civil engineer known for his work on English waterways, including contributing to the development of the Chesterfield Canal.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Varley Target entity description: John Varley was a civil engineer known for his work on English waterways, including contributing to the development of the Chesterfield Canal.
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A.
Jack Williamson
Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
-
B.
James P. Hogan
James P. Hogan was a British science fiction author known for his hard-science, idea-driven novels such as the Giants series.
-
C.
Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is a British science fiction author and academic known for his inventive novels, critical studies of the genre, and multiple award-winning works.
-
D.
Poul Anderson
Poul Anderson was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his prolific output, hard science rigor, and influential works during the mid-20th-century Golden Age of Science Fiction.
-
E.
Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist best known for his hard science fiction novels such as "Timescape" and his contributions to the Galactic Center series.
- 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_69e0b4f8a1108190bce3d31331290ced |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6e9001a8c81909fa1004b5977d04f |
completed | April 21, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0918d86e0c8190b72886c8eefeee7f |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a091aa1c728819086154d9975acb981 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a091b17eec481908b0da1432856efbf |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:34 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:47 p.m.