Triple
T1327441
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herbert Samuel |
E28360
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom was a senior government minister historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and, later, telecommunications services.
|
E35629
|
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: Postmaster General of the United Kingdom | Statement: [Herbert Samuel, positionHeld, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postmaster General of the United Kingdom Context triple: [Herbert Samuel, positionHeld, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom]
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A.
Postmaster General of Great Britain
The Postmaster General of Great Britain was the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and related communications services in Great Britain.
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B.
Postmaster General of the United States
The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
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C.
Director General of the International Bureau of the UPU
The Director General of the International Bureau of the UPU is the chief executive officer of the Universal Postal Union’s secretariat, responsible for overseeing its global postal policy work and day-to-day administration.
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D.
Deputy Postmaster General of the United States
The Deputy Postmaster General of the United States is the second-highest executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for assisting in overall leadership, operations, and strategic direction of the agency.
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E.
British Post Office
The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
- 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: Postmaster General of the United Kingdom Triple: [Herbert Samuel, positionHeld, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom]
Generated description
The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom was a senior government minister historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and, later, telecommunications services.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postmaster General of the United Kingdom Target entity description: The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom was a senior government minister historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and, later, telecommunications services.
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A.
Postmaster General of Great Britain
chosen
The Postmaster General of Great Britain was the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and related communications services in Great Britain.
-
B.
Postmaster General of the United States
The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
-
C.
Director General of the International Bureau of the UPU
The Director General of the International Bureau of the UPU is the chief executive officer of the Universal Postal Union’s secretariat, responsible for overseeing its global postal policy work and day-to-day administration.
-
D.
Deputy Postmaster General of the United States
The Deputy Postmaster General of the United States is the second-highest executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for assisting in overall leadership, operations, and strategic direction of the agency.
-
E.
British Post Office
The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
- F. None of above.
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_69a498540a2481909e807a762280d3ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c1c0a22881909eff0fc6c91a5f41 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acbf3038148190bd945f67e1a619ca |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acbf958b308190874369550420f827 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acc0c32180819082af905fd56c4b27 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.