Triple

T10528953
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chancellor of Carleton University E248381 entity
Predicate officeHoldersInclude P537 FINISHED
Object Shirley Thomson
Shirley Thomson was a prominent Canadian arts administrator and public servant who notably led major cultural institutions, including the National Gallery of Canada.
E891146 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: Shirley Thomson | Statement: [Chancellor of Carleton University, officeHoldersInclude, Shirley Thomson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shirley Thomson
Context triple: [Chancellor of Carleton University, officeHoldersInclude, Shirley Thomson]
  • A. Helen Thomson
    Helen Thomson is an Australian actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, including a prominent role in the biographical drama "Elvis" (2022).
  • B. Ann Thomson
    Ann Thomson is known primarily as the mother of American politician John R. Thomson.
  • C. Eileen Sherwood
    Eileen Sherwood is a central character in the musical "Wonderful Town," portrayed as a charming, aspiring actress who moves to New York City with her sister to pursue her dreams.
  • D. Barbara McDougall
    Barbara McDougall is a Canadian politician and former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles in the late 20th century.
  • E. Annette Robertson
    Annette Robertson is a British actress known for her film and television work in the 1960s, including roles in productions such as "The Young Ones" and "The Count of Monte Cristo."
  • 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: Shirley Thomson
Triple: [Chancellor of Carleton University, officeHoldersInclude, Shirley Thomson]
Generated description
Shirley Thomson was a prominent Canadian arts administrator and public servant who notably led major cultural institutions, including the National Gallery of Canada.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shirley Thomson
Target entity description: Shirley Thomson was a prominent Canadian arts administrator and public servant who notably led major cultural institutions, including the National Gallery of Canada.
  • A. Helen Thomson
    Helen Thomson is an Australian actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, including a prominent role in the biographical drama "Elvis" (2022).
  • B. Ann Thomson
    Ann Thomson is known primarily as the mother of American politician John R. Thomson.
  • C. Eileen Sherwood
    Eileen Sherwood is a central character in the musical "Wonderful Town," portrayed as a charming, aspiring actress who moves to New York City with her sister to pursue her dreams.
  • D. Barbara McDougall
    Barbara McDougall is a Canadian politician and former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles in the late 20th century.
  • E. Annette Robertson
    Annette Robertson is a British actress known for her film and television work in the 1960s, including roles in productions such as "The Young Ones" and "The Count of Monte Cristo."
  • 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_69d381c5c7448190bec34bee7ec72bac completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d509f6f4a88190ae6e0cc0bcbff0c5 completed April 7, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69dff7628eb081909ab3a445238bb682 completed April 15, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e0b498df2481908c964d53b1782774 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e11e21fc2c8190878a877ecd3b465e completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:30 p.m.