Triple
T21805394
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Laird Brothers shipyard |
E538336
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Laird
William Laird was a 19th-century Scottish-born industrialist and shipbuilder who became a pioneering figure in the development of iron shipbuilding on the River Mersey.
|
E1503830
|
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: William Laird | Statement: [Laird Brothers shipyard, foundedBy, William Laird]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Laird Context triple: [Laird Brothers shipyard, foundedBy, William Laird]
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A.
William Ross
William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
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B.
John Rutherfurd
John Rutherfurd was an American politician and landowner from New Jersey, notable enough in the state's history to have the borough of Rutherford named in his honor.
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C.
Angus L. Bowmer
Angus L. Bowmer was an American theater director and educator best known as the visionary founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the most prominent regional theater companies in the United States.
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D.
John Graham
John Graham is an Australian Labor Party politician who serves as a senior minister in the New South Wales government under Premier Chris Minns.
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E.
John Graham
John Graham was a British colonial military officer after whom the South African town of Grahamstown (now Makhanda) was named.
- 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: William Laird Triple: [Laird Brothers shipyard, foundedBy, William Laird]
Generated description
William Laird was a 19th-century Scottish-born industrialist and shipbuilder who became a pioneering figure in the development of iron shipbuilding on the River Mersey.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Laird Target entity description: William Laird was a 19th-century Scottish-born industrialist and shipbuilder who became a pioneering figure in the development of iron shipbuilding on the River Mersey.
-
A.
William Ross
William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
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B.
John Rutherfurd
John Rutherfurd was an American politician and landowner from New Jersey, notable enough in the state's history to have the borough of Rutherford named in his honor.
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C.
Angus L. Bowmer
Angus L. Bowmer was an American theater director and educator best known as the visionary founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the most prominent regional theater companies in the United States.
-
D.
John Graham
John Graham is an Australian Labor Party politician who serves as a senior minister in the New South Wales government under Premier Chris Minns.
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E.
John Graham
John Graham was a British colonial military officer after whom the South African town of Grahamstown (now Makhanda) was named.
- 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_69e0c473f0f8819086c9d1b4a143bd67 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f07802bffc8190b383a2c89de75f74 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a45da792c8190bbaef41b5699f3db |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a481098d88190bcb4c835063adf46 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a489696248190b88db8c65b6d045a |
completed | May 17, 2026, 11 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:53 p.m.