Triple

T12228983
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir Henry Pottinger E291424 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Pottinger
Pottinger is a British surname most notably associated with Sir Henry Pottinger, a 19th-century colonial administrator and the first Governor of Hong Kong.
 E969948 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: Pottinger | Statement: [Sir Henry Pottinger, familyName, Pottinger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pottinger
Context triple: [Sir Henry Pottinger, familyName, Pottinger]
  • A. Prendergast
    Prendergast is an Irish surname historically associated with families of Norman origin that settled in Ireland.
  • B. Pittman
    Pittman is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
  • C. Rinehart
    Rinehart is a small unincorporated community located in the U.S. state of Missouri.
  • D. Pritchard
    Pritchard is a Welsh-origin surname commonly found in English-speaking countries, derived from the patronymic "ap Richard" meaning "son of Richard."
  • E. Pritchard
    Pritchard is the middle name of Alfred P. Sloan, the influential long-time president and chairman of General Motors.
  • 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: Pottinger
Triple: [Sir Henry Pottinger, familyName, Pottinger]
Generated description
Pottinger is a British surname most notably associated with Sir Henry Pottinger, a 19th-century colonial administrator and the first Governor of Hong Kong.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pottinger
Target entity description: Pottinger is a British surname most notably associated with Sir Henry Pottinger, a 19th-century colonial administrator and the first Governor of Hong Kong.
  • A. Prendergast
    Prendergast is an Irish surname historically associated with families of Norman origin that settled in Ireland.
  • B. Pittman
    Pittman is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
  • C. Rinehart
    Rinehart is a small unincorporated community located in the U.S. state of Missouri.
  • D. Pritchard
    Pritchard is a Welsh-origin surname commonly found in English-speaking countries, derived from the patronymic "ap Richard" meaning "son of Richard."
  • E. Pritchard
    Pritchard is the middle name of Alfred P. Sloan, the influential long-time president and chairman of General Motors.
  • 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_69d6ab668acc8190963ba424049d6aee completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91ca34fe88190900c8791c70948b7 completed April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60aab4a70819099856b990e3a8a1b completed May 2, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f60c9276d0819086b5f7712fe8d6e6 completed May 2, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60d4c30448190874f253b864ef61e completed May 2, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.