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]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.