Triple

T21671569
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whitaker E534856 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Sir John Whittaker Ellis
Sir John Whittaker Ellis was a British businessman and Conservative politician who served as Lord Mayor of London in the late 19th century.
E1496776 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: Sir John Whittaker Ellis | Statement: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Sir John Whittaker Ellis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Whittaker Ellis
Context triple: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Sir John Whittaker Ellis]
  • A. Sir John Woodroffe
    Sir John Woodroffe was a British Orientalist, jurist, and scholar best known for his influential English translations and interpretations of Hindu Tantric texts under the pseudonym Arthur Avalon.
  • B. Sir William Davidson Niven
    Sir William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best known for editing and promoting the works of James Clerk Maxwell and for his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Sir John Woodward Brown
    Sir John Woodward Brown was a distinguished British figure, likely recognized for notable contributions in public or professional life and remembered as an eminent former pupil of Chigwell School.
  • D. Sir John William Wilson
    Sir John William Wilson was a British Liberal politician and businessman who served as Member of Parliament for North Worcestershire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Sir William Martin
    Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
  • 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: Sir John Whittaker Ellis
Triple: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Sir John Whittaker Ellis]
Generated description
Sir John Whittaker Ellis was a British businessman and Conservative politician who served as Lord Mayor of London in the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Whittaker Ellis
Target entity description: Sir John Whittaker Ellis was a British businessman and Conservative politician who served as Lord Mayor of London in the late 19th century.
  • A. Sir John Woodroffe
    Sir John Woodroffe was a British Orientalist, jurist, and scholar best known for his influential English translations and interpretations of Hindu Tantric texts under the pseudonym Arthur Avalon.
  • B. Sir William Davidson Niven
    Sir William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best known for editing and promoting the works of James Clerk Maxwell and for his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Sir John Woodward Brown
    Sir John Woodward Brown was a distinguished British figure, likely recognized for notable contributions in public or professional life and remembered as an eminent former pupil of Chigwell School.
  • D. Sir John William Wilson
    Sir John William Wilson was a British Liberal politician and businessman who served as Member of Parliament for North Worcestershire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Sir William Martin
    Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
  • 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_69e0c46898008190aa618a4af55bd1ee completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef8a0badd08190ad2ec2b8e46be379 completed April 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a1e13a0d48190928c1c096bd23490 completed May 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a1ef23b6c8190a0194719c34bb971 completed May 17, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a1fc13900819098ee66684dfdff95 completed May 17, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:37 p.m.