Recorder
E342401
A Recorder is a part-time judge in the United Kingdom’s legal system, typically an experienced barrister or solicitor appointed to sit in the Crown Court and sometimes the County Court.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Recorder canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3253667 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Recorder Context triple: [George Clive (barrister), positionHeld, Recorder]
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A.
Grabar
Grabar is the classical form of the Armenian language used in literature, liturgy, and scholarship from antiquity through the Middle Ages.
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B.
cumulative recorder
A cumulative recorder is a device used in behavioral psychology to automatically graph an organism’s responses over time, producing a continuous record of response rates.
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C.
mcDJ Recording
mcDJ Recording is an independent record label associated with Childish Gambino (Donald Glover), known for releasing some of his early and experimental music.
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D.
Sound Archive
The Sound Archive is the British Library’s extensive audio collection, preserving millions of recordings spanning music, spoken word, oral history, and environmental sounds.
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E.
Spectral Recording
Spectral Recording is an advanced professional analog noise reduction system developed by Dolby Laboratories to improve the dynamic range and clarity of audio recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Recorder Target entity description: A Recorder is a part-time judge in the United Kingdom’s legal system, typically an experienced barrister or solicitor appointed to sit in the Crown Court and sometimes the County Court.
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A.
Grabar
Grabar is the classical form of the Armenian language used in literature, liturgy, and scholarship from antiquity through the Middle Ages.
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B.
cumulative recorder
A cumulative recorder is a device used in behavioral psychology to automatically graph an organism’s responses over time, producing a continuous record of response rates.
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C.
mcDJ Recording
mcDJ Recording is an independent record label associated with Childish Gambino (Donald Glover), known for releasing some of his early and experimental music.
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D.
Sound Archive
The Sound Archive is the British Library’s extensive audio collection, preserving millions of recordings spanning music, spoken word, oral history, and environmental sounds.
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E.
Spectral Recording
Spectral Recording is an advanced professional analog noise reduction system developed by Dolby Laboratories to improve the dynamic range and clarity of audio recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
judicial office
ⓘ
part‑time judge ⓘ |
| appointedBy | King on the advice of the Lord Chancellor ⓘ |
| appointedOnAdviceOf |
Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Chancellor
|
| canBe |
civil Recorder
ⓘ
criminal Recorder ⓘ |
| canContinuePracticeAs |
barrister
ⓘ
solicitor‑advocate ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer |
Ministry of Justice
ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Justice (England and Wales)
|
| governingLaw |
Constitutional Reform Act 2005
ⓘ
surface form:
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (as relevant)
Courts Act 1971 ⓘ
surface form:
Courts Act 1971 (as amended)
|
| hasResponsibility |
applying sentencing guidelines
ⓘ
ensuring fair trial ⓘ |
| isTrainingGroundFor | Circuit judge ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
criminal cases
ⓘ
some civil cases ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | legal system of England and Wales ⓘ |
| maySitIn |
County courts of England and Wales
ⓘ
surface form:
County Court
|
| maySitOn | appeals from magistrates’ courts (in the Crown Court) ⓘ |
| mayUseTitle | His Honour Judge (when sitting as a judge) ⓘ |
| mustTake | judicial oath ⓘ |
| partOf | judiciary of England and Wales ⓘ |
| professionalStatus | fee‑paid judge ⓘ |
| qualificationRequirement |
must be a qualified lawyer
ⓘ
must have substantial advocacy experience ⓘ |
| role |
case management
ⓘ
hear civil trials (where authorised) ⓘ pass sentences in criminal cases ⓘ try indictable offences ⓘ |
| scope | England and Wales ⓘ |
| selectionBody | Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | judicial appointments process ⓘ |
| seniorityLevel | below Circuit judge ⓘ |
| sitsIn |
Crown Court of England and Wales
ⓘ
surface form:
Crown Court
|
| termType | fixed‑term appointment (renewable) ⓘ |
| timeCommitment |
part‑time
ⓘ
usually a minimum number of sitting days per year ⓘ |
| titleUsedInCourt | Your Honour ⓘ |
| typicalBackground |
barrister
ⓘ
solicitor ⓘ |
| worksWith |
barristers
ⓘ
court staff ⓘ jury ⓘ solicitors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Recorder Description of subject: A Recorder is a part-time judge in the United Kingdom’s legal system, typically an experienced barrister or solicitor appointed to sit in the Crown Court and sometimes the County Court.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.