Triple
T21671628
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | E. T. Whittaker |
E534858
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Macnaghten Whittaker |
E534860
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Macnaghten Whittaker | Statement: [E. T. Whittaker, notableStudent, John Macnaghten Whittaker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Macnaghten Whittaker Context triple: [E. T. Whittaker, notableStudent, John Macnaghten Whittaker]
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A.
John Macnaghten Whittaker
chosen
John Macnaghten Whittaker was a British mathematician and academic known for his contributions to analysis and for serving as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield.
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B.
Charles Tuke
Charles Tuke was a British architect best known for co-designing the iconic seaside landmark Blackpool Tower in Lancashire, England.
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C.
Thomas Agnew
Thomas Agnew was a British art dealer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the prominent London art dealership Thomas Agnew & Sons.
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D.
Charles McNaughton
Charles McNaughton was a British actor active in the early 20th century, known for his character roles in films and on stage.
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E.
James Crichton-Browne
James Crichton-Browne was a prominent 19th-century Scottish psychiatrist and neurologist known for his influential work on brain pathology and mental illness.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:37 p.m.