Triple
T13886146
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Fergusson |
E333847
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Postmaster General of the United Kingdom |
E35629
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: [James Fergusson, 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: [James Fergusson, positionHeld, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom]
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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.
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B.
Paymaster General of the United Kingdom
The Paymaster General of the United Kingdom is a senior government ministerial post traditionally responsible for overseeing government payments and often combined with other Cabinet or Treasury responsibilities.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d81c5dd2d48190b7a5fc1e009de936 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de23a101488190bd790b28033d38b9 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7c716166c8190a6323f8c01de06a5 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:07 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.