Triple

T12562808
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Hillegas E295390 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Continental Treasurer
The Continental Treasurer was the chief financial officer responsible for managing the funds and fiscal affairs of the Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary period.
 E991193 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: Continental Treasurer | Statement: [Michael Hillegas, positionHeld, Continental Treasurer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Continental Treasurer
Context triple: [Michael Hillegas, positionHeld, Continental Treasurer]
  • A. Grand Treasurer
    The Grand Treasurer is a senior Masonic officer responsible for managing and safeguarding the financial assets of a Grand Lodge.
  • B. Vice-President of the European Investment Bank
    The Vice-President of the European Investment Bank is a senior executive responsible for helping lead the EU’s long-term lending institution, overseeing major investment operations and strategic policy initiatives across member states and partner countries.
  • C. Canon Treasurer
    The Canon Treasurer is a senior cleric at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, responsible for overseeing its financial affairs and related administrative duties within the College of St George.
  • D. President of the European Investment Bank
    The President of the European Investment Bank is the institution’s chief executive and legal representative, responsible for overseeing its operations and implementing its strategic and lending policies across the European Union and beyond.
  • E. Lord of the Treasury
    Lord of the Treasury was a junior ministerial office within the British government’s Treasury, typically held by Members of Parliament assisting senior Treasury ministers in financial and administrative matters.
  • 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: Continental Treasurer
Triple: [Michael Hillegas, positionHeld, Continental Treasurer]
Generated description
The Continental Treasurer was the chief financial officer responsible for managing the funds and fiscal affairs of the Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary period.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Continental Treasurer
Target entity description: The Continental Treasurer was the chief financial officer responsible for managing the funds and fiscal affairs of the Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary period.
  • A. Grand Treasurer
    The Grand Treasurer is a senior Masonic officer responsible for managing and safeguarding the financial assets of a Grand Lodge.
  • B. Vice-President of the European Investment Bank
    The Vice-President of the European Investment Bank is a senior executive responsible for helping lead the EU’s long-term lending institution, overseeing major investment operations and strategic policy initiatives across member states and partner countries.
  • C. Canon Treasurer
    The Canon Treasurer is a senior cleric at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, responsible for overseeing its financial affairs and related administrative duties within the College of St George.
  • D. President of the European Investment Bank
    The President of the European Investment Bank is the institution’s chief executive and legal representative, responsible for overseeing its operations and implementing its strategic and lending policies across the European Union and beyond.
  • E. Lord of the Treasury
    Lord of the Treasury was a junior ministerial office within the British government’s Treasury, typically held by Members of Parliament assisting senior Treasury ministers in financial and administrative matters.
  • 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_69d6ad9cac2c81908e8a7bed82d1e21d completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d95494ae1c81908b9ee14b8ef92a65 completed April 10, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6558da7e0819086860bfaf394e2d8 completed May 2, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f65a0f1b2881908a7cb21c9de1a5c2 completed May 2, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f65ad4424c8190933759cca5d73c22 completed May 2, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m.