Triple
T13785269
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John McLoughlin |
E331237
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Chief Factor of Hudson's Bay Company
The Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company was a senior managerial officer responsible for overseeing major trading districts, operations, and personnel within the company's vast North American fur trade network.
|
E1062355
|
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: Chief Factor of Hudson's Bay Company | Statement: [John McLoughlin, positionHeld, Chief Factor of Hudson's Bay Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chief Factor of Hudson's Bay Company Context triple: [John McLoughlin, positionHeld, Chief Factor of Hudson's Bay Company]
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A.
Prince Rupert, first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company
Prince Rupert, first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, was a 17th-century German-born royal prince, soldier, and admiral who became a key figure in early English colonial and commercial expansion in North America.
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B.
Lord of the East India Trading Company
Lord of the East India Trading Company is a powerful corporate and political title in the Pirates of the Caribbean universe, held by Cutler Beckett as he seeks to control global trade and suppress piracy.
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C.
Percival Molson
Percival Molson was a Canadian athlete, soldier, and philanthropist best known as a star McGill University sportsman and World War I hero after whom Montreal’s Percival Molson Memorial Stadium is named.
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D.
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman and philanthropist best known for organizing large-scale Scottish emigration to North America and establishing pioneering agricultural settlements in what is now Canada.
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E.
Sir John Johnson
Sir John Johnson was a prominent Loyalist leader and British colonial official during the American Revolutionary War, known for organizing and commanding Loyalist forces against the revolutionaries.
- 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: Chief Factor of Hudson's Bay Company Triple: [John McLoughlin, positionHeld, Chief Factor of Hudson's Bay Company]
Generated description
The Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company was a senior managerial officer responsible for overseeing major trading districts, operations, and personnel within the company's vast North American fur trade network.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chief Factor of Hudson's Bay Company Target entity description: The Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company was a senior managerial officer responsible for overseeing major trading districts, operations, and personnel within the company's vast North American fur trade network.
-
A.
Prince Rupert, first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company
Prince Rupert, first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, was a 17th-century German-born royal prince, soldier, and admiral who became a key figure in early English colonial and commercial expansion in North America.
-
B.
Lord of the East India Trading Company
Lord of the East India Trading Company is a powerful corporate and political title in the Pirates of the Caribbean universe, held by Cutler Beckett as he seeks to control global trade and suppress piracy.
-
C.
Percival Molson
Percival Molson was a Canadian athlete, soldier, and philanthropist best known as a star McGill University sportsman and World War I hero after whom Montreal’s Percival Molson Memorial Stadium is named.
-
D.
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman and philanthropist best known for organizing large-scale Scottish emigration to North America and establishing pioneering agricultural settlements in what is now Canada.
-
E.
Sir John Johnson
Sir John Johnson was a prominent Loyalist leader and British colonial official during the American Revolutionary War, known for organizing and commanding Loyalist forces against the revolutionaries.
- 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_69d81c58feb08190a77bca8bf7d6d20f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de0248db988190aa43c3723af25f90 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7b07d872c81908f912263d8f7c80d |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7b230fb448190bc16a1d8732ff76f |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7b2c55e188190b0ea8fa400ff2dfc |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:40 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:11 p.m.