Triple

T9483706
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pe̍h-ōe-jī E228708 entity
Predicate notableContributor P304 FINISHED
Object Thomas Barclay
Thomas Barclay was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary and Bible translator who played a key role in the development and promotion of the Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien.
E819542 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: Thomas Barclay | Statement: [Pe̍h-ōe-jī, notableContributor, Thomas Barclay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Barclay
Context triple: [Pe̍h-ōe-jī, notableContributor, Thomas Barclay]
  • A. Andrew Barclay
    Andrew Barclay was an early American financier known for being among the original brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • B. Charles Sims
    Charles Sims was a British painter known for his evocative figurative and allegorical works, some of which were created in connection with World War I commemorations.
  • C. William G. Bramham
    William G. Bramham was a prominent early 20th-century baseball executive best known for his influential leadership in organizing and expanding the minor leagues in the United States.
  • D. Christopher Barclay
    Christopher Barclay is the husband of acclaimed American television and film director Paris Barclay.
  • E. John Blatchley
    John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
  • 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: Thomas Barclay
Triple: [Pe̍h-ōe-jī, notableContributor, Thomas Barclay]
Generated description
Thomas Barclay was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary and Bible translator who played a key role in the development and promotion of the Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Barclay
Target entity description: Thomas Barclay was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary and Bible translator who played a key role in the development and promotion of the Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien.
  • A. Andrew Barclay
    Andrew Barclay was an early American financier known for being among the original brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • B. Charles Sims
    Charles Sims was a British painter known for his evocative figurative and allegorical works, some of which were created in connection with World War I commemorations.
  • C. William G. Bramham
    William G. Bramham was a prominent early 20th-century baseball executive best known for his influential leadership in organizing and expanding the minor leagues in the United States.
  • D. Christopher Barclay
    Christopher Barclay is the husband of acclaimed American television and film director Paris Barclay.
  • E. John Blatchley
    John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
  • 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_69ca84730a5081908de282651019bf2f completed March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd804c859081908c261ad16b501f0d completed April 1, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1bcaaeaa08190b90ca5600deb84a2 completed April 5, 2026, 1:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1bd5820408190a4f5f7ef8b0e14aa completed April 5, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1bdc0135881909b69814e6cf3741b completed April 5, 2026, 1:41 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:55 p.m.