Triple
T12789373
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin |
E305715
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entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, was a British Liberal politician and colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899 and later as Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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E1007339
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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: Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin | Statement: [James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, child, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin Context triple: [James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, child, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin]
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A.
Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin
Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held the Elgin and Kincardine titles and was active in British aristocratic and political life.
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B.
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, was a 19th-century British statesman and colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor General of the Province of Canada and later as Viceroy of India, as well as for his controversial role in the Second Opium War and the destruction of Beijing's Old Summer Palace.
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C.
Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin
Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat best known for removing and transporting the Parthenon sculptures—now commonly called the Elgin Marbles—to Britain in the early 19th century.
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D.
Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mountstuart Elphinstone was a prominent early 19th-century British colonial administrator and historian noted for his influential role in governing and reforming British India.
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E.
George Staunton
George Staunton is a central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Heart of Midlothian," known for his complex, morally ambiguous role that intertwines crime, guilt, and redemption.
- 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: Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin Triple: [James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, child, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin]
Generated description
Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, was a British Liberal politician and colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899 and later as Secretary of State for the Colonies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin Target entity description: Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, was a British Liberal politician and colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899 and later as Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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A.
Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin
Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held the Elgin and Kincardine titles and was active in British aristocratic and political life.
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B.
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, was a 19th-century British statesman and colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor General of the Province of Canada and later as Viceroy of India, as well as for his controversial role in the Second Opium War and the destruction of Beijing's Old Summer Palace.
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C.
Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin
Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat best known for removing and transporting the Parthenon sculptures—now commonly called the Elgin Marbles—to Britain in the early 19th century.
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D.
Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mountstuart Elphinstone was a prominent early 19th-century British colonial administrator and historian noted for his influential role in governing and reforming British India.
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E.
George Staunton
George Staunton is a central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Heart of Midlothian," known for his complex, morally ambiguous role that intertwines crime, guilt, and redemption.
- 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_69d7bdf366888190a8cccb982606889c |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96e6a61f48190972e241e70bc392c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f69b925b3c81909f5e604c0f457645 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f69c46a6208190a113aefbce1bbaac |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f69cead6d881909765424b5391a613 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:30 p.m.