Triple
T10528956
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chancellor of Carleton University |
E248381
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHoldersInclude |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Gordon Robertson
Robert Gordon Robertson was a prominent Canadian civil servant and public administrator who served as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories and later held senior leadership roles in academia and government.
|
E869618
|
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: Robert Gordon Robertson | Statement: [Chancellor of Carleton University, officeHoldersInclude, Robert Gordon Robertson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Gordon Robertson Context triple: [Chancellor of Carleton University, officeHoldersInclude, Robert Gordon Robertson]
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A.
Jim Macpherson
Jim Macpherson is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Breeders.
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B.
Robert Baillie
Robert Baillie was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and prolific letter-writer who played a prominent role in the religious and political struggles of the Covenanter movement.
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C.
William Robertson
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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D.
William Adamson
William Adamson was a Scottish Labour politician who served as Secretary of State for Scotland in the early 20th century and played a key role in the party’s rise to government.
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E.
James Glencairn Burns
James Glencairn Burns was a son of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, remembered primarily as a member of the poet’s immediate family.
- 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: Robert Gordon Robertson Triple: [Chancellor of Carleton University, officeHoldersInclude, Robert Gordon Robertson]
Generated description
Robert Gordon Robertson was a prominent Canadian civil servant and public administrator who served as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories and later held senior leadership roles in academia and government.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Gordon Robertson Target entity description: Robert Gordon Robertson was a prominent Canadian civil servant and public administrator who served as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories and later held senior leadership roles in academia and government.
-
A.
Jim Macpherson
Jim Macpherson is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Breeders.
-
B.
Robert Baillie
Robert Baillie was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and prolific letter-writer who played a prominent role in the religious and political struggles of the Covenanter movement.
-
C.
William Robertson
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
-
D.
William Adamson
William Adamson was a Scottish Labour politician who served as Secretary of State for Scotland in the early 20th century and played a key role in the party’s rise to government.
-
E.
James Glencairn Burns
James Glencairn Burns was a son of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, remembered primarily as a member of the poet’s immediate family.
- 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_69d90e3caf4c8190b19199f1a68a00de |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d9107f488481908845aef0fdf6d60d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d911790010819093fc50952502fd59 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:30 p.m.