Triple
T21711429
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Michael Halliday |
E535915
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
J. R. Firth
J. R. Firth was a pioneering British linguist known for his work in prosody, context-based meaning, and for laying foundations later developed in systemic functional linguistics.
|
E1499681
|
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: J. R. Firth | Statement: [Michael Halliday, doctoralAdvisor, J. R. Firth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. R. Firth Context triple: [Michael Halliday, doctoralAdvisor, J. R. Firth]
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A.
Francis Sadleir
Francis Sadleir was a 19th-century Irish academic and clergyman who served as a professor and later provost of Trinity College Dublin.
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B.
Fred Jowett
Fred Jowett was a British socialist politician and early Labour Party figure who served as MP for Bradford and helped shape the party’s formative policies and organization.
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C.
E. F. N. Jephcott
E. F. N. Jephcott was a British translator best known for his influential English translations of works by critical theorist Theodor W. Adorno.
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D.
Ernst Robinson
Ernst Robinson is one of the adventurous sons in the classic family castaway story "Swiss Family Robinson," portrayed as an intelligent and resourceful young man.
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E.
Henry Ittleson
Henry Ittleson was an American financier and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the commercial finance company CIT Group.
- 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: J. R. Firth Triple: [Michael Halliday, doctoralAdvisor, J. R. Firth]
Generated description
J. R. Firth was a pioneering British linguist known for his work in prosody, context-based meaning, and for laying foundations later developed in systemic functional linguistics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. R. Firth Target entity description: J. R. Firth was a pioneering British linguist known for his work in prosody, context-based meaning, and for laying foundations later developed in systemic functional linguistics.
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A.
Francis Sadleir
Francis Sadleir was a 19th-century Irish academic and clergyman who served as a professor and later provost of Trinity College Dublin.
-
B.
Fred Jowett
Fred Jowett was a British socialist politician and early Labour Party figure who served as MP for Bradford and helped shape the party’s formative policies and organization.
-
C.
E. F. N. Jephcott
E. F. N. Jephcott was a British translator best known for his influential English translations of works by critical theorist Theodor W. Adorno.
-
D.
Ernst Robinson
Ernst Robinson is one of the adventurous sons in the classic family castaway story "Swiss Family Robinson," portrayed as an intelligent and resourceful young man.
-
E.
Henry Ittleson
Henry Ittleson was an American financier and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the commercial finance company CIT Group.
- 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_69efb53450108190ba1c9e3cc3a0ab89 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a2ec80c508190b46dcd4db623f900 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 9:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a30ab32f08190b49005a37ce281b6 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 9:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a319460888190b74341c50719ac80 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:46 p.m.