Triple

T10136084
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lord Methuen E226858 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Paul Sanford Methuen
Paul Sanford Methuen was a British Army officer and nobleman best known for his service as a general during the Second Boer War.
E844719 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: Paul Sanford Methuen | Statement: [Lord Methuen, fullName, Paul Sanford Methuen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Sanford Methuen
Context triple: [Lord Methuen, fullName, Paul Sanford Methuen]
  • A. William Methwold
    William Methwold is a British colonial officer and property owner in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Midnight’s Children," whose legacy and actions significantly shape the protagonist Saleem Sinai’s origins and identity.
  • B. Thomas Richards
    Thomas Richards was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1941 noir "The Maltese Falcon."
  • C. Thomas Sampson
    Thomas Sampson was a 16th-century English Puritan theologian and churchman known for his role in the early English Reformation and involvement with the Geneva Bible.
  • D. Edward Milford
    Edward Milford was a senior Australian Army officer and World War II commander who played a key leadership role in the Pacific theatre.
  • E. Thomas Parkhurst
    Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
  • 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: Paul Sanford Methuen
Triple: [Lord Methuen, fullName, Paul Sanford Methuen]
Generated description
Paul Sanford Methuen was a British Army officer and nobleman best known for his service as a general during the Second Boer War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Sanford Methuen
Target entity description: Paul Sanford Methuen was a British Army officer and nobleman best known for his service as a general during the Second Boer War.
  • A. William Methwold
    William Methwold is a British colonial officer and property owner in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Midnight’s Children," whose legacy and actions significantly shape the protagonist Saleem Sinai’s origins and identity.
  • B. Thomas Richards
    Thomas Richards was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1941 noir "The Maltese Falcon."
  • C. Thomas Sampson
    Thomas Sampson was a 16th-century English Puritan theologian and churchman known for his role in the early English Reformation and involvement with the Geneva Bible.
  • D. Edward Milford
    Edward Milford was a senior Australian Army officer and World War II commander who played a key leadership role in the Pacific theatre.
  • E. Thomas Parkhurst
    Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
  • 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_69ca8433ec308190b8b25a6fe359c34c completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cde87fae288190bb4f13e1ae90f50a completed April 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d300833e848190affe123d0286db56 completed April 6, 2026, 12:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d301e0dbe08190b30d9e42cd8fa2f7 completed April 6, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d302a191b4819084fd0ba52edc58be completed April 6, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:06 p.m.