Triple

T1151437

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Thomas Stamford Raffles	`E23685`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Lieutenant-Governor of Java The Lieutenant-Governor of Java was the chief British colonial administrator of the island during the early 19th-century period of British rule.	`E131983`	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: Lieutenant-Governor of Java | Statement: [Thomas Stamford Raffles, positionHeld, Lieutenant-Governor of Java]

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

Target entity: Lieutenant-Governor of Java
Context triple: [Thomas Stamford Raffles, positionHeld, Lieutenant-Governor of Java]

A. Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
The Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies was the highest colonial official representing the Dutch Crown, wielding executive, military, and administrative authority over the territories that now comprise Indonesia.
B. Viceroy of Portuguese India
The Viceroy of Portuguese India was the crown-appointed chief colonial governor responsible for administering and overseeing Portugal’s Asian territories from its base in Goa.
C. Governor of the Straits Settlements
The Governor of the Straits Settlements was the chief British colonial administrator overseeing the Straits Settlements territories in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
D. Governor-General of Taiwan
The Governor-General of Taiwan was the highest-ranking Japanese colonial official who wielded both civil and military authority over Taiwan during Japan’s rule from 1895 to 1945.
E. Governor-General of the General Government
The Governor-General of the General Government was the top Nazi civil authority overseeing the occupied Polish territories known as the General Government during World War II.
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: Lieutenant-Governor of Java
Triple: [Thomas Stamford Raffles, positionHeld, Lieutenant-Governor of Java]

Generated description

The Lieutenant-Governor of Java was the chief British colonial administrator of the island during the early 19th-century period of British rule.

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

Target entity: Lieutenant-Governor of Java
Target entity description: The Lieutenant-Governor of Java was the chief British colonial administrator of the island during the early 19th-century period of British rule.

A. Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
The Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies was the highest colonial official representing the Dutch Crown, wielding executive, military, and administrative authority over the territories that now comprise Indonesia.
B. Viceroy of Portuguese India
The Viceroy of Portuguese India was the crown-appointed chief colonial governor responsible for administering and overseeing Portugal’s Asian territories from its base in Goa.
C. Governor of the Straits Settlements
The Governor of the Straits Settlements was the chief British colonial administrator overseeing the Straits Settlements territories in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
D. Governor-General of Taiwan
The Governor-General of Taiwan was the highest-ranking Japanese colonial official who wielded both civil and military authority over Taiwan during Japan’s rule from 1895 to 1945.
E. Governor-General of the General Government
The Governor-General of the General Government was the top Nazi civil authority overseeing the occupied Polish territories known as the General Government during World War II.
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_69a493f0d32c8190ac74bad3c87f2641`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a4bc744e7c81908f8612f2aad28600`	completed	March 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ac5eb5d36c8190916a43a5f41df144`	completed	March 7, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ac5f4756b08190b3dbaf64a9351836`	completed	March 7, 2026, 5:24 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ac600f78148190bd3109276f7b9e3a`	completed	March 7, 2026, 5:27 p.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.