Triple
T11274946
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British forces in the Second Boer War |
E266909
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Paul Methuen |
E844719
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Paul Methuen | Statement: [British forces in the Second Boer War, commander, Paul Methuen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Methuen Context triple: [British forces in the Second Boer War, commander, Paul Methuen]
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A.
Paul Sanford Methuen
chosen
Paul Sanford Methuen was a British Army officer and nobleman best known for his service as a general during the Second Boer War.
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B.
William Methwold
William Methwold is a British colonial officer and property owner in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Midnight’s Children," whose legacy and actions significantly shape the protagonist Saleem Sinai’s origins and identity.
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C.
Paul Beeston
Paul Beeston is a prominent Canadian baseball executive best known for his long tenure as a top leader of the Toronto Blue Jays and as the first president of Major League Baseball.
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D.
Philip Mounstephen
Philip Mounstephen is an English Anglican bishop who has served as the Bishop of Truro in the Church of England.
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E.
Paul Hall
Paul Hall is a film producer best known for his work on major studio projects, including the 2000 action-crime film "Shaft."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aac8c2f48190ad0596f1f89f0470 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e966cb4c8190bc410d7e623e54db |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e4f445792c8190962d94aa71f328d9 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:27 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.