Triple

T13245830
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire E315399 entity
Predicate predecessorAsEarlOfDevonshire P108725 FINISHED
Object William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire was a 17th-century English nobleman and politician from the influential Cavendish family, who sat in the House of Lords and helped shape the political fortunes that later elevated his son to the dukedom of Devonshire.
E1074813 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire | Statement: [William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, predecessorAsEarlOfDevonshire, William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire
Context triple: [William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, predecessorAsEarlOfDevonshire, William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire]
  • A. William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who sat in the House of Commons and later the House of Lords, helping to consolidate the influence of the Cavendish family.
  • B. William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire, was an influential English nobleman and politician best known for helping to orchestrate the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that brought William III and Mary II to the throne.
  • C. William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who helped establish the prominence of the Cavendish family in national affairs.
  • D. William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and nobleman who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and held several high offices under King George II.
  • E. William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire was an early 18th-century English nobleman and Whig politician who served as Lord President of the Council and was a prominent figure in the political life of the Hanoverian court.
  • 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: William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire
Triple: [William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, predecessorAsEarlOfDevonshire, William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire]
Generated description
William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire was a 17th-century English nobleman and politician from the influential Cavendish family, who sat in the House of Lords and helped shape the political fortunes that later elevated his son to the dukedom of Devonshire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire
Target entity description: William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire was a 17th-century English nobleman and politician from the influential Cavendish family, who sat in the House of Lords and helped shape the political fortunes that later elevated his son to the dukedom of Devonshire.
  • A. William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who sat in the House of Commons and later the House of Lords, helping to consolidate the influence of the Cavendish family.
  • B. William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire, was an influential English nobleman and politician best known for helping to orchestrate the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that brought William III and Mary II to the throne.
  • C. William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, was an English nobleman and politician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who helped establish the prominence of the Cavendish family in national affairs.
  • D. William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and nobleman who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and held several high offices under King George II.
  • E. William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire was an early 18th-century English nobleman and Whig politician who served as Lord President of the Council and was a prominent figure in the political life of the Hanoverian court.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: predecessorAsEarlOfDevonshire
Context triple: [William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, predecessorAsEarlOfDevonshire, William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire]
  • A. predecessorAsEarlOfHuntingdon
    Indicates that one entity previously held the title of Earl of Huntingdon immediately before another entity, in a succession of titleholders.
  • B. predecessorAsDukeOfKentAndStrathearn
    Indicates that one entity previously held the title of Duke of Kent and Strathearn before another entity, making it the predecessor in that ducal succession.
  • C. successorAsEarlOfHuntingdon
    Indicates that one person became the next Earl of Huntingdon following another person in that title or office.
  • D. predecessorAsPrinceOfWales
    Indicates that one entity previously held the title of Prince of Wales immediately before the other entity.
  • E. successorAsHeirToMarlborough
    Indicates that one entity became the next legal heir to the Marlborough title or estate, following another entity in the line of succession.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69d806b1072881909e46bd212259c5f0 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98d5c09f88190bb1566a6d8c073a6 completed April 10, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fbc311b1248190b9ceb2854e93171a completed May 6, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fbc51585608190817e9a80666b7740 completed May 6, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fbc57bf4188190aace2c976d842b43 completed May 6, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d98bcca7d88190a3e68e99ed3a29e6 completed April 10, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69d98c959ba08190adf29dc0c4e1fca6 completed April 10, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:23 p.m.