Triple

T22318637
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Belfast South E551718 entity
Predicate previouslyRepresentedBy P45113 FINISHED
Object William Johnston
William Johnston was a 19th-century Irish Conservative politician and Orangeman known for his opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland and his representation of Belfast constituencies at Westminster.
 E1530273 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 Johnston | Statement: [Belfast South, previouslyRepresentedBy, William Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Johnston
Context triple: [Belfast South, previouslyRepresentedBy, William Johnston]
  • A. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
  • B. James Johnston
    James Johnston is a Scottish musician best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the rock band Biffy Clyro.
  • C. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a Scottish statesman and diplomat who served as Secretary of State for Scotland during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
  • D. James Johnston
    James Johnston is a British musician and multi-instrumentalist best known as a guitarist and collaborator with the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
  • E. George Johnsten
    George Johnsten is a character in the film "Junebug," involved in the story’s exploration of family dynamics and personal relationships.
  • 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 Johnston
Triple: [Belfast South, previouslyRepresentedBy, William Johnston]
Generated description
William Johnston was a 19th-century Irish Conservative politician and Orangeman known for his opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland and his representation of Belfast constituencies at Westminster.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Johnston
Target entity description: William Johnston was a 19th-century Irish Conservative politician and Orangeman known for his opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland and his representation of Belfast constituencies at Westminster.
  • A. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
  • B. James Johnston
    James Johnston is a Scottish musician best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the rock band Biffy Clyro.
  • C. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a Scottish statesman and diplomat who served as Secretary of State for Scotland during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
  • D. James Johnston
    James Johnston is a British musician and multi-instrumentalist best known as a guitarist and collaborator with the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
  • E. George Johnsten
    George Johnsten is a character in the film "Junebug," involved in the story’s exploration of family dynamics and personal relationships.
  • 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_69e11e4776588190abb21e5cea79973f completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15762fac08190a6a514baffbbbca1 completed April 29, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0accaa3b7c81908ffa1bddc6a65ee1 completed May 18, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0acd57919c8190a24a7e92d4c92f75 completed May 18, 2026, 8:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0acdf32f608190907c4f60265048e0 completed May 18, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:42 p.m.