Triple
T12336006
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Waterford |
E294086
|
entity |
| Predicate | defendedBy |
P957
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Preston |
E64288
|
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: Thomas Preston | Statement: [Siege of Waterford, defendedBy, Thomas Preston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Preston Context triple: [Siege of Waterford, defendedBy, Thomas Preston]
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A.
Thomas Preston
chosen
Thomas Preston was a 17th-century Irish soldier and nobleman who became a leading general of the Confederate Catholic forces during the Irish Confederate Wars.
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B.
William Preston
William Preston was a notable figure significant enough in regional or local history that the town of Preston, Georgia, was named in his honor.
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C.
William Gage
William Gage is a name shared by several notable historical figures, including English politicians and nobility active between the 16th and 18th centuries.
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D.
Thomas Pownall
Thomas Pownall was an 18th-century British colonial administrator who served as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and played a significant role in early American colonial politics.
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E.
William Ellery
William Ellery was an American Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island.
- 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_69d6ab6ae0dc8190b1522a9c1c55c114 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93f6683e881908920e1fee02a14e3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f62aa5f21c8190bcb32a078a2f7ebb |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.