Triple

T1110498

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Board of Ordnance	`E25584`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Clerk of the Ordnance The Clerk of the Ordnance was a senior administrative officer responsible for managing records, finances, and paperwork for Britain’s Board of Ordnance, which oversaw military supplies, artillery, and fortifications.	`E131412`	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: Clerk of the Ordnance | Statement: [Board of Ordnance, positionHeld, Clerk of the Ordnance]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Clerk of the Ordnance
Context triple: [Board of Ordnance, positionHeld, Clerk of the Ordnance]

A. Master-General of the Ordnance
The Master-General of the Ordnance was a senior British military and governmental office responsible for overseeing artillery, fortifications, military supplies, and related engineering.
B. Surveyor-General of the Ordnance
The Surveyor-General of the Ordnance was a senior British military and administrative officer responsible for overseeing the surveying, mapping, and technical aspects of artillery and fortifications under the Board of Ordnance.
C. Board of Ordnance
The Board of Ordnance was a British government body responsible for supplying, maintaining, and managing military equipment, fortifications, and artillery until its abolition in the 19th century.
D. Auditor General of the Army
The Auditor General of the Army is the senior official responsible for overseeing audits, financial integrity, and accountability within the United States Army.
E. Financial Secretary to the War Office
The Financial Secretary to the War Office was a British government post responsible for overseeing and managing the financial affairs and military expenditure of the War Office.
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: Clerk of the Ordnance
Triple: [Board of Ordnance, positionHeld, Clerk of the Ordnance]

Generated description

The Clerk of the Ordnance was a senior administrative officer responsible for managing records, finances, and paperwork for Britain’s Board of Ordnance, which oversaw military supplies, artillery, and fortifications.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Clerk of the Ordnance
Target entity description: The Clerk of the Ordnance was a senior administrative officer responsible for managing records, finances, and paperwork for Britain’s Board of Ordnance, which oversaw military supplies, artillery, and fortifications.

A. Master-General of the Ordnance
The Master-General of the Ordnance was a senior British military and governmental office responsible for overseeing artillery, fortifications, military supplies, and related engineering.
B. Surveyor-General of the Ordnance
The Surveyor-General of the Ordnance was a senior British military and administrative officer responsible for overseeing the surveying, mapping, and technical aspects of artillery and fortifications under the Board of Ordnance.
C. Board of Ordnance
The Board of Ordnance was a British government body responsible for supplying, maintaining, and managing military equipment, fortifications, and artillery until its abolition in the 19th century.
D. Auditor General of the Army
The Auditor General of the Army is the senior official responsible for overseeing audits, financial integrity, and accountability within the United States Army.
E. Financial Secretary to the War Office
The Financial Secretary to the War Office was a British government post responsible for overseeing and managing the financial affairs and military expenditure of the War Office.
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_69a49428d4448190b3b36991ceae87ce`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a4bb75eec08190b1d6545e96816d34`	completed	March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ac5ea8abe081908a6f38cb78638740`	completed	March 7, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ac5f248db081908596810839ee6160`	completed	March 7, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ac5fb242488190bf99f63956aeda13`	completed	March 7, 2026, 5:26 p.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.