Triple

T10156509
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chief Justice of Canada E233788 entity
Predicate firstHolder P291 FINISHED
Object William Buell Richards
William Buell Richards was a 19th-century Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who became the inaugural head of Canada’s Supreme Court.
 E965932 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 Buell Richards | Statement: [Chief Justice of Canada, firstHolder, William Buell Richards]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Buell Richards
Context triple: [Chief Justice of Canada, firstHolder, William Buell Richards]
  • A. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • B. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • C. William Whiting Boardman
    William Whiting Boardman was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and held various state and local offices.
  • D. Henry D. Stratton
    Henry D. Stratton was a 19th-century American educator and co-founder of the Bryant & Stratton chain of business colleges, which later evolved into institutions such as Rider University.
  • E. Frederick C. Martin
    Frederick C. Martin was an American architect known for his professional partnership with fellow architect John C. Austin.
  • 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 Buell Richards
Triple: [Chief Justice of Canada, firstHolder, William Buell Richards]
Generated description
William Buell Richards was a 19th-century Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who became the inaugural head of Canada’s Supreme Court.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Buell Richards
Target entity description: William Buell Richards was a 19th-century Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who became the inaugural head of Canada’s Supreme Court.
  • A. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • B. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • C. William Whiting Boardman
    William Whiting Boardman was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and held various state and local offices.
  • D. Henry D. Stratton
    Henry D. Stratton was a 19th-century American educator and co-founder of the Bryant & Stratton chain of business colleges, which later evolved into institutions such as Rider University.
  • E. Frederick C. Martin
    Frederick C. Martin was an American architect known for his professional partnership with fellow architect John C. Austin.
  • 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_69ca848e80748190b91d1e04d35512c7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdec3c47dc81909679903e6024eb49 completed April 2, 2026, 4:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f5f62d41448190ab65fb9c81d4d673 completed May 2, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f600b51f488190a85a8f10f190b3c0 completed May 2, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f601ef0a9c8190ac922562a8856def completed May 2, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:09 p.m.