Triple

T115881
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Colonial Office E2336 entity
Predicate usedBuilding P1267 FINISHED
Object Colonial Office building, Whitehall
The Colonial Office building in Whitehall is a grand 19th-century government edifice in central London that historically housed the British Empire’s colonial administration.
E12268 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Colonial Office building, Whitehall | Statement: [Colonial Office, usedBuilding, Colonial Office building, Whitehall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonial Office building, Whitehall
Context triple: [Colonial Office, usedBuilding, Colonial Office building, Whitehall]
  • A. 10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street is the official residence and executive office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, located in central London.
  • B. Palace of Westminster
    The Palace of Westminster is the historic riverside complex in London that serves as the meeting place and symbolic heart of the United Kingdom’s Houses of Parliament.
  • C. Old State House
    The Old State House is a historic 18th-century building in downtown Boston that served as the seat of colonial and early state government and is a key landmark on the Freedom Trail.
  • D. St James's Palace, London
    St James's Palace, London is a historic royal residence in central London that has long served as a principal home and administrative center for the British monarchy.
  • E. Kensington Palace, London
    Kensington Palace, London is a historic royal residence in Kensington Gardens that has long served as a home for members of the British royal 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: Colonial Office building, Whitehall
Triple: [Colonial Office, usedBuilding, Colonial Office building, Whitehall]
Generated description
The Colonial Office building in Whitehall is a grand 19th-century government edifice in central London that historically housed the British Empire’s colonial administration.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonial Office building, Whitehall
Target entity description: The Colonial Office building in Whitehall is a grand 19th-century government edifice in central London that historically housed the British Empire’s colonial administration.
  • A. 10 Downing Street
    10 Downing Street is the official residence and executive office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, located in central London.
  • B. Palace of Westminster
    The Palace of Westminster is the historic riverside complex in London that serves as the meeting place and symbolic heart of the United Kingdom’s Houses of Parliament.
  • C. Old State House
    The Old State House is a historic 18th-century building in downtown Boston that served as the seat of colonial and early state government and is a key landmark on the Freedom Trail.
  • D. Palace of Whitehall
    The Palace of Whitehall was the main royal residence of English monarchs in London from the 16th century until it was largely destroyed by fire in 1698.
  • E. St James's Palace, London
    St James's Palace, London is a historic royal residence in central London that has long served as a principal home and administrative center for the British monarchy.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: usedBuilding
Context triple: [Colonial Office, usedBuilding, Colonial Office building, Whitehall]
  • A. usesBuilding chosen
    Indicates that one entity makes use of, occupies, or operates within a particular building.
  • B. building
    Indicates that one entity constructs, assembles, or develops another entity, typically over a period of time.
  • C. buildingType
    Indicates the specific category or function that characterizes what kind of building something is.
  • D. builtOn
    Indicates that one entity is constructed, developed, or established using another entity as its base, foundation, or underlying platform.
  • E. usedAt
    Indicates that something is employed, applied, or utilized at a particular place, time, or context.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2506c5428819085c28a8884790e29 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257845c548190bfb49409988d1c57 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2850039588190a5f3ec0ba1b3cdda completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2861e7b8481909d1173ac577f324c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2874caf108190ad02d9b2e2f6b646 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:12 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a256456d908190b52c937fe6c4343f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:24 a.m.