Triple
T12956184
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Commissioner of Weihaiwei |
E310016
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHolder |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Reginald Fleming Johnston
Reginald Fleming Johnston was a British colonial official and scholar best known as the tutor to China’s last emperor, Puyi, and for his writings on Chinese culture and history.
|
E1011284
|
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: Reginald Fleming Johnston | Statement: [British Commissioner of Weihaiwei, officeHolder, Reginald Fleming Johnston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reginald Fleming Johnston Context triple: [British Commissioner of Weihaiwei, officeHolder, Reginald Fleming Johnston]
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A.
Elphinstone Urquart
Elphinstone Urquart is a minor character in the Harry Potter series known primarily as the late husband of Professor Minerva McGonagall.
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B.
Cuthbert Woodroffe
Cuthbert Woodroffe was a Vincentian statesman who served as Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, acting as the monarch’s representative in the country.
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C.
Sir John Turnbull Macpherson
Sir John Turnbull Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor and later Governor-General of Nigeria in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Douglas Freshfield
Douglas Freshfield was a 19th-century British mountaineer, explorer, and writer known for pioneering ascents and influential travel accounts in the Caucasus and other mountain regions.
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E.
R. A. Stewart Macalister
R. A. Stewart Macalister was an Irish archaeologist known for his influential excavations and studies of early Irish sites and biblical archaeology.
- 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: Reginald Fleming Johnston Triple: [British Commissioner of Weihaiwei, officeHolder, Reginald Fleming Johnston]
Generated description
Reginald Fleming Johnston was a British colonial official and scholar best known as the tutor to China’s last emperor, Puyi, and for his writings on Chinese culture and history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reginald Fleming Johnston Target entity description: Reginald Fleming Johnston was a British colonial official and scholar best known as the tutor to China’s last emperor, Puyi, and for his writings on Chinese culture and history.
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A.
Elphinstone Urquart
Elphinstone Urquart is a minor character in the Harry Potter series known primarily as the late husband of Professor Minerva McGonagall.
-
B.
Cuthbert Woodroffe
Cuthbert Woodroffe was a Vincentian statesman who served as Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, acting as the monarch’s representative in the country.
-
C.
Sir John Turnbull Macpherson
Sir John Turnbull Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor and later Governor-General of Nigeria in the mid-20th century.
-
D.
Douglas Freshfield
Douglas Freshfield was a 19th-century British mountaineer, explorer, and writer known for pioneering ascents and influential travel accounts in the Caucasus and other mountain regions.
-
E.
R. A. Stewart Macalister
R. A. Stewart Macalister was an Irish archaeologist known for his influential excavations and studies of early Irish sites and biblical archaeology.
- 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_69d7bdfb57a88190836b743e2825feca |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d97e2b0108819098a681f93e90dbda |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6af7ba4d88190952622e7a07ab39e |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6b066f3888190b925e5a43be57965 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6b1aa191081908266128776a2147a |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:23 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:44 p.m.