Triple

T22067670
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford E545318 entity
Predicate heldBy P8 FINISHED
Object John M. Brown
John M. Brown is a distinguished British chemist and academic who has held a prestigious professorship at the University of Oxford.
 E1522942 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: John M. Brown | Statement: [Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, heldBy, John M. Brown]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John M. Brown
Context triple: [Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, heldBy, John M. Brown]
  • A. John A. Brown
    John A. Brown was an American financier and member of the prominent Brown banking family, instrumental in the early development of the firm that became Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  • B. John C. Brown
    John C. Brown was an American railroad executive best known for his role in establishing and developing the Texas and Pacific Railway in the 19th century.
  • C. John C. Brown
    John C. Brown is a political figure who served as Governor of California and resided in the California Governor's Mansion during his tenure.
  • D. James H. Kinkead
    James H. Kinkead was a notable individual interred at Lone Mountain Cemetery, recognized for his regional prominence during his lifetime.
  • E. William L. Breese
    William L. Breese was the husband of American novelist and playwright Zona Gale, known primarily in relation to her life and work.
  • 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: John M. Brown
Triple: [Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, heldBy, John M. Brown]
Generated description
John M. Brown is a distinguished British chemist and academic who has held a prestigious professorship at the University of Oxford.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John M. Brown
Target entity description: John M. Brown is a distinguished British chemist and academic who has held a prestigious professorship at the University of Oxford.
  • A. John A. Brown
    John A. Brown was an American financier and member of the prominent Brown banking family, instrumental in the early development of the firm that became Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  • B. John C. Brown
    John C. Brown is a political figure who served as Governor of California and resided in the California Governor's Mansion during his tenure.
  • C. John C. Brown
    John C. Brown was an American railroad executive best known for his role in establishing and developing the Texas and Pacific Railway in the 19th century.
  • D. James H. Kinkead
    James H. Kinkead was a notable individual interred at Lone Mountain Cemetery, recognized for his regional prominence during his lifetime.
  • E. William L. Breese
    William L. Breese was the husband of American novelist and playwright Zona Gale, known primarily in relation to her life and work.
  • 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_69e11e344dfc81909b1d88a7221329c7 completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12884937c819095d3af69123fa2cb completed April 28, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a9eae83c88190aec83c9a4065efa1 completed May 18, 2026, 5:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a9f5a0a2c8190b0a8a4c56938cc02 completed May 18, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0aa01988b481909fe3bf966feb5916 completed May 18, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:27 p.m.