Triple

T21708767
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oldham E535841 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Thomas Oldham (geologist)
Thomas Oldham was a 19th-century Irish geologist best known for founding and directing the Geological Survey of India and for his pioneering work on Indian stratigraphy and paleontology.
E1498457 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: Thomas Oldham (geologist) | Statement: [Oldham, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Oldham (geologist)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Oldham (geologist)
Context triple: [Oldham, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Oldham (geologist)]
  • A. Andrew Ramsay (geologist)
    Andrew Ramsay (geologist) was a prominent 19th-century Scottish geologist known for his work with the Geological Survey of Great Britain and his influential studies on glacial geology and landscape formation.
  • B. Charles Lapworth
    Charles Lapworth was a pioneering British geologist best known for his work on Ordovician stratigraphy and the use of graptolites to establish detailed rock sequences.
  • C. Norman L. Bowen
    Norman L. Bowen was a pioneering 20th-century petrologist best known for formulating Bowen’s reaction series, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of igneous rock formation.
  • D. Robert Terrill Rundle
    Robert Terrill Rundle was a 19th-century Methodist missionary and clergyman known for his work in Western Canada, particularly among Indigenous communities in what is now Alberta.
  • E. Lottie Lyell
    Lottie Lyell was a pioneering Australian silent film actress, screenwriter, editor, and filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the country’s first major female cinema artists.
  • 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: Thomas Oldham (geologist)
Triple: [Oldham, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Oldham (geologist)]
Generated description
Thomas Oldham was a 19th-century Irish geologist best known for founding and directing the Geological Survey of India and for his pioneering work on Indian stratigraphy and paleontology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Oldham (geologist)
Target entity description: Thomas Oldham was a 19th-century Irish geologist best known for founding and directing the Geological Survey of India and for his pioneering work on Indian stratigraphy and paleontology.
  • A. Andrew Ramsay (geologist)
    Andrew Ramsay (geologist) was a prominent 19th-century Scottish geologist known for his work with the Geological Survey of Great Britain and his influential studies on glacial geology and landscape formation.
  • B. Charles Lapworth
    Charles Lapworth was a pioneering British geologist best known for his work on Ordovician stratigraphy and the use of graptolites to establish detailed rock sequences.
  • C. Norman L. Bowen
    Norman L. Bowen was a pioneering 20th-century petrologist best known for formulating Bowen’s reaction series, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of igneous rock formation.
  • D. Robert Terrill Rundle
    Robert Terrill Rundle was a 19th-century Methodist missionary and clergyman known for his work in Western Canada, particularly among Indigenous communities in what is now Alberta.
  • E. Lottie Lyell
    Lottie Lyell was a pioneering Australian silent film actress, screenwriter, editor, and filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the country’s first major female cinema artists.
  • 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_69e0c46b44c0819088ab883ebd44e0e8 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69efb5314a288190b4b8347cca15aaa8 completed April 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a24ad3fe88190ad0a240928367700 completed May 17, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a27c5795c81909e41d7e8e1f95e81 completed May 17, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a28a016a08190b67eae1e64619b62 completed May 17, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:46 p.m.