Triple

T21581038
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Galton E532522 entity
Predicate hasSurname P18 FINISHED
Object Galton
Galton is a surname most famously associated with Francis Galton, the 19th-century English polymath known for his pioneering work in statistics, psychology, and eugenics.
 E530216 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: Galton | Statement: [John Galton, hasSurname, Galton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Galton
Context triple: [John Galton, hasSurname, Galton]
  • A. Francis Galton
    Francis Galton was a 19th-century English polymath known for pioneering work in statistics, eugenics, and the study of human heredity and intelligence.
  • B. Douglas Galton
    Douglas Galton was a 19th-century British engineer and civil servant known for his influential work in railway safety and public health infrastructure.
  • C. Galton family
    The Galton family is a prominent English Quaker and later scientific and industrial family best known for producing figures such as statistician and polymath Francis Galton.
  • D. Robert Galton
    Robert Galton was a member of the prominent Galton family of English industrialists and intellectuals active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • E. Samuel Galton Jr.
    Samuel Galton Jr. was an English Quaker industrialist and gun manufacturer known for his involvement in the Midlands Enlightenment through the Lunar Society of Birmingham.
  • 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: Galton
Triple: [John Galton, hasSurname, Galton]
Generated description
Galton is a surname most famously associated with Francis Galton, the 19th-century English polymath known for his pioneering work in statistics, psychology, and eugenics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Galton
Target entity description: Galton is a surname most famously associated with Francis Galton, the 19th-century English polymath known for his pioneering work in statistics, psychology, and eugenics.
  • A. Francis Galton
    Francis Galton was a 19th-century English polymath known for pioneering work in statistics, eugenics, and the study of human heredity and intelligence.
  • B. Douglas Galton
    Douglas Galton was a 19th-century British engineer and civil servant known for his influential work in railway safety and public health infrastructure.
  • C. Galton family chosen
    The Galton family is a prominent English Quaker and later scientific and industrial family best known for producing figures such as statistician and polymath Francis Galton.
  • D. Robert Galton
    Robert Galton was a member of the prominent Galton family of English industrialists and intellectuals active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • E. Samuel Galton Jr.
    Samuel Galton Jr. was an English Quaker industrialist and gun manufacturer known for his involvement in the Midlands Enlightenment through the Lunar Society of Birmingham.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0c4618bec8190bcb0feb74568cbb1 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69eeeb5c496c819093113dd5790fca48 completed April 27, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09f67a9fa48190b4e456f9cfd730ea completed May 17, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09fa927cc08190be79a4bca148c15d completed May 17, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09faf9390481908e96a5a1bcd633bb completed May 17, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:31 p.m.