Triple

T5621937
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whittaker E147626 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Macnaghten Whittaker
John Macnaghten Whittaker was a British mathematician and academic known for his contributions to analysis and for serving as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield.
 E534860 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 Macnaghten Whittaker | Statement: [Whittaker, hasNotableBearer, John Macnaghten Whittaker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Macnaghten Whittaker
Context triple: [Whittaker, hasNotableBearer, John Macnaghten Whittaker]
  • A. Charles Tuke
    Charles Tuke was a British architect best known for co-designing the iconic seaside landmark Blackpool Tower in Lancashire, England.
  • B. Charles McNaughton
    Charles McNaughton was a British actor active in the early 20th century, known for his character roles in films and on stage.
  • C. Charles Lanyon
    Charles Lanyon was a prominent 19th-century Irish architect known for designing many notable public buildings in Belfast and across Ulster.
  • D. Alexander Laing
    Alexander Laing was the benefactor after whom the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne is named, recognized for his contribution to the establishment of this cultural institution.
  • E. Benjamin Franklin Loomis
    Benjamin Franklin Loomis was an early 20th-century photographer and conservationist known for documenting and helping to preserve the Lassen Peak region in California.
  • 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 Macnaghten Whittaker
Triple: [Whittaker, hasNotableBearer, John Macnaghten Whittaker]
Generated description
John Macnaghten Whittaker was a British mathematician and academic known for his contributions to analysis and for serving as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Macnaghten Whittaker
Target entity description: John Macnaghten Whittaker was a British mathematician and academic known for his contributions to analysis and for serving as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield.
  • A. Charles Tuke
    Charles Tuke was a British architect best known for co-designing the iconic seaside landmark Blackpool Tower in Lancashire, England.
  • B. Charles McNaughton
    Charles McNaughton was a British actor active in the early 20th century, known for his character roles in films and on stage.
  • C. Charles Lanyon
    Charles Lanyon was a prominent 19th-century Irish architect known for designing many notable public buildings in Belfast and across Ulster.
  • D. Alexander Laing
    Alexander Laing was the benefactor after whom the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne is named, recognized for his contribution to the establishment of this cultural institution.
  • E. Benjamin Franklin Loomis
    Benjamin Franklin Loomis was an early 20th-century photographer and conservationist known for documenting and helping to preserve the Lassen Peak region in California.
  • 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_69c00906f2a88190a992c66b13d606d4 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c022133eec819086acb04864dde5ee completed March 22, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c04d59317c8190a4a3b186a46a7249 completed March 22, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c04e89b7c481908abae227d22cc814 completed March 22, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c04f41b158819097f9ef536215e248 completed March 22, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:40 p.m.