Triple
T11641595
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Theodore Hook |
E276672
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entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Accountant-General and Treasurer of Ceylon
The Accountant-General and Treasurer of Ceylon was a senior colonial administrative office responsible for overseeing government finances and treasury functions in British-ruled Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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E937518
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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: Accountant-General and Treasurer of Ceylon | Statement: [Theodore Hook, positionHeld, Accountant-General and Treasurer of Ceylon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Accountant-General and Treasurer of Ceylon Context triple: [Theodore Hook, positionHeld, Accountant-General and Treasurer of Ceylon]
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A.
Colonial Secretary of Ceylon
The Colonial Secretary of Ceylon was a senior British colonial administrative post responsible for overseeing civil governance and acting as a chief advisor to the Governor in British-ruled Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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B.
Governor of Ceylon
The Governor of Ceylon was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in Ceylon, overseeing its governance during the period of British rule.
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C.
Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka
The Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s economic policy, public finances, and national budget.
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D.
Governor-General of Ceylon
The Governor-General of Ceylon was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in Ceylon during its period as a dominion within the Commonwealth.
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E.
Chief Justice of Ceylon
The Chief Justice of Ceylon was the highest-ranking judicial officer and head of the island’s supreme court during the period of British colonial rule and early independence.
- 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: Accountant-General and Treasurer of Ceylon Triple: [Theodore Hook, positionHeld, Accountant-General and Treasurer of Ceylon]
Generated description
The Accountant-General and Treasurer of Ceylon was a senior colonial administrative office responsible for overseeing government finances and treasury functions in British-ruled Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Accountant-General and Treasurer of Ceylon Target entity description: The Accountant-General and Treasurer of Ceylon was a senior colonial administrative office responsible for overseeing government finances and treasury functions in British-ruled Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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A.
Colonial Secretary of Ceylon
The Colonial Secretary of Ceylon was a senior British colonial administrative post responsible for overseeing civil governance and acting as a chief advisor to the Governor in British-ruled Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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B.
Governor of Ceylon
The Governor of Ceylon was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in Ceylon, overseeing its governance during the period of British rule.
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C.
Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka
The Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s economic policy, public finances, and national budget.
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D.
Governor-General of Ceylon
The Governor-General of Ceylon was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in Ceylon during its period as a dominion within the Commonwealth.
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E.
Chief Justice of Ceylon
The Chief Justice of Ceylon was the highest-ranking judicial officer and head of the island’s supreme court during the period of British colonial rule and early independence.
- 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_69d6aafbb3c081908a9cdb4ecb8d981d |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a260ab488190ab1c00d9850f3096 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ee87deb3888190842bd61efd7b3989 |
completed | April 26, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69eeb31438f88190bab71212293f2d2e |
completed | April 27, 2026, 12:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69eecd954b348190bf2f3ad66acbf1b7 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m.