Triple
T10550032
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sir Edwin Sandys |
E248922
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London
The Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London was the chief executive and financial officer of the joint-stock company that organized and governed early English colonization efforts in Virginia in the early 17th century.
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E870207
|
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: Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London | Statement: [Sir Edwin Sandys, positionHeld, Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London Context triple: [Sir Edwin Sandys, positionHeld, Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London]
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A.
Lord Proprietor of Maryland
The Lord Proprietor of Maryland was the hereditary noble who held quasi-royal authority over the Province of Maryland under an English colonial charter.
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B.
Treasurer of Virginia
The Treasurer of Virginia is a statewide executive official responsible for managing the Commonwealth’s finances, including cash management, investments, and debt, and serves as a member of Virginia’s Council of State.
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C.
President of the Council of the Jamestown colony
The President of the Council of the Jamestown colony was the leading governing official of England’s first permanent settlement in North America, responsible for directing its early administration and survival efforts.
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D.
Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia
The Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia was the chief legal officer and principal law enforcement authority representing the British Crown in Virginia’s colonial government.
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E.
Commissioner of the United Colonies
The Commissioner of the United Colonies was a high-ranking colonial official who represented a member colony in the New England Confederation, helping coordinate joint policies, defense, and diplomacy among the colonies.
- 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: Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London Triple: [Sir Edwin Sandys, positionHeld, Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London]
Generated description
The Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London was the chief executive and financial officer of the joint-stock company that organized and governed early English colonization efforts in Virginia in the early 17th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London Target entity description: The Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London was the chief executive and financial officer of the joint-stock company that organized and governed early English colonization efforts in Virginia in the early 17th century.
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A.
Lord Proprietor of Maryland
The Lord Proprietor of Maryland was the hereditary noble who held quasi-royal authority over the Province of Maryland under an English colonial charter.
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B.
Treasurer of Virginia
The Treasurer of Virginia is a statewide executive official responsible for managing the Commonwealth’s finances, including cash management, investments, and debt, and serves as a member of Virginia’s Council of State.
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C.
President of the Council of the Jamestown colony
The President of the Council of the Jamestown colony was the leading governing official of England’s first permanent settlement in North America, responsible for directing its early administration and survival efforts.
-
D.
Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia
The Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia was the chief legal officer and principal law enforcement authority representing the British Crown in Virginia’s colonial government.
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E.
Commissioner of the United Colonies
The Commissioner of the United Colonies was a high-ranking colonial official who represented a member colony in the New England Confederation, helping coordinate joint policies, defense, and diplomacy among the colonies.
- 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_69d381c733c08190ab1dd6239f5f34ae |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d526d3e45c819099b360f9cfd3dd50 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 3:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d934639b3481908204db41101132c3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d938c8b25c8190bb048053d8668e5c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d939b1844881908c8fbcb9488863f6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:34 p.m.