Triple
T13512009
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dumfries Academy |
E322662
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entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Jardine (opium trader)
William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish physician-turned-merchant who co-founded the powerful trading firm Jardine, Matheson & Co. and played a key role in the opium trade and the events leading up to the First Opium War.
|
E1044941
|
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: William Jardine (opium trader) | Statement: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, William Jardine (opium trader)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Jardine (opium trader) Context triple: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, William Jardine (opium trader)]
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A.
Robert Hart
Robert Hart was a prominent British diplomat and inspector-general of China's Imperial Maritime Customs Service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Edward Lloyd
Edward Lloyd was a London coffee house owner whose establishment became a key meeting place for merchants and shipowners, ultimately leading to the creation of the maritime classification society Lloyd’s Register.
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C.
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
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D.
Lai Teck
Lai Teck was the elusive and controversial secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party before and during World War II, later exposed as a triple agent whose betrayal crippled the communist movement in Malaya.
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E.
William Farquhar
William Farquhar was a Scottish colonial administrator and soldier best known as the first British Resident and Commandant of Singapore, where he played a key role in its early development under the British East India Company.
- 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 Jardine (opium trader) Triple: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, William Jardine (opium trader)]
Generated description
William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish physician-turned-merchant who co-founded the powerful trading firm Jardine, Matheson & Co. and played a key role in the opium trade and the events leading up to the First Opium War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Jardine (opium trader) Target entity description: William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish physician-turned-merchant who co-founded the powerful trading firm Jardine, Matheson & Co. and played a key role in the opium trade and the events leading up to the First Opium War.
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A.
Robert Hart
Robert Hart was a prominent British diplomat and inspector-general of China's Imperial Maritime Customs Service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
Edward Lloyd
Edward Lloyd was a London coffee house owner whose establishment became a key meeting place for merchants and shipowners, ultimately leading to the creation of the maritime classification society Lloyd’s Register.
-
C.
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
-
D.
Lai Teck
Lai Teck was the elusive and controversial secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party before and during World War II, later exposed as a triple agent whose betrayal crippled the communist movement in Malaya.
-
E.
William Farquhar
William Farquhar was a Scottish colonial administrator and soldier best known as the first British Resident and Commandant of Singapore, where he played a key role in its early development under the British East India Company.
- 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_69d80766a21881909f21a1b7421d3b8a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbaf86a6208190be8c18f7a0158f23 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f75492676c81909602745e2b6436cb |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7555173d08190be887e81c148192e |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f756773b9c81908250ae7ffc2d8d99 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:43 p.m.