Triple
T21315753
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gordon R. Dickson |
E525465
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gordon Rupert Dickson
Gordon Rupert Dickson was a Canadian-American science fiction writer best known for his "Dorsai" novels and influential contributions to military and philosophical science fiction.
|
E1477714
|
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: Gordon Rupert Dickson | Statement: [Gordon R. Dickson, fullName, Gordon Rupert Dickson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon Rupert Dickson Context triple: [Gordon R. Dickson, fullName, Gordon Rupert Dickson]
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A.
Alexander Cowper Hutchison
Alexander Cowper Hutchison was a prominent 19th-century Canadian architect known for designing significant public and institutional buildings in Montreal.
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B.
Alexander Cowper Hutchison
Alexander Cowper Hutchison was a 19th-century Canadian sculptor known for his public monuments and architectural sculpture in Montreal.
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C.
George Dewar
George Dewar is a person associated with the use or application of the Dewar vessel, commonly linked to scientific or technical contexts.
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D.
George Kynoch
George Kynoch is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the 1990s and held junior ministerial roles in the UK government.
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E.
Woodrow Wilson Smith
Woodrow Wilson Smith is a pseudonym used by American science fiction author Henry Kuttner.
- 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: Gordon Rupert Dickson Triple: [Gordon R. Dickson, fullName, Gordon Rupert Dickson]
Generated description
Gordon Rupert Dickson was a Canadian-American science fiction writer best known for his "Dorsai" novels and influential contributions to military and philosophical science fiction.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon Rupert Dickson Target entity description: Gordon Rupert Dickson was a Canadian-American science fiction writer best known for his "Dorsai" novels and influential contributions to military and philosophical science fiction.
-
A.
Alexander Cowper Hutchison
Alexander Cowper Hutchison was a prominent 19th-century Canadian architect known for designing significant public and institutional buildings in Montreal.
-
B.
Alexander Cowper Hutchison
Alexander Cowper Hutchison was a 19th-century Canadian sculptor known for his public monuments and architectural sculpture in Montreal.
-
C.
George Dewar
George Dewar is a person associated with the use or application of the Dewar vessel, commonly linked to scientific or technical contexts.
-
D.
George Kynoch
George Kynoch is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the 1990s and held junior ministerial roles in the UK government.
-
E.
Woodrow Wilson Smith
Woodrow Wilson Smith is a pseudonym used by American science fiction author Henry Kuttner.
- 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_69e0b51ad810819098c12392c8e55f6c |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e75dcf2534819097abbb2e9559e791 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 11:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a099edd7aec8190911c1c2b7f8a2232 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a099f7804c48190b3b70dc7b16c991d |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a09a06ea2fc8190b1b7cc0e6574f574 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 11:03 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:29 p.m.