Triple
T1435913
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Calcutta |
E30559
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Zephaniah Holwell
John Zephaniah Holwell was an 18th-century British colonial official and writer in India, best known for his controversial account of the Black Hole of Calcutta.
|
E226954
|
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: John Zephaniah Holwell | Statement: [Siege of Calcutta, commander, John Zephaniah Holwell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Zephaniah Holwell Context triple: [Siege of Calcutta, commander, John Zephaniah Holwell]
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A.
W. W. Hodkinson
W. W. Hodkinson was an early American film industry pioneer known as the “Father of Film Distribution” for creating the first nationwide movie distribution system and helping establish Paramount Pictures.
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B.
Edward Holcroft
Edward Holcroft is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in the Kingsman franchise and the series London Spy.
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C.
William Hulton
William Hulton was a British magistrate and landowner best known for ordering the yeomanry to arrest speakers at the 1819 Peterloo reform meeting, a decision that helped trigger the ensuing massacre.
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D.
John Blatchley
John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
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E.
Francis Hughes
Francis Hughes was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer from Northern Ireland who became widely known for dying on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
- 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: John Zephaniah Holwell Triple: [Siege of Calcutta, commander, John Zephaniah Holwell]
Generated description
John Zephaniah Holwell was an 18th-century British colonial official and writer in India, best known for his controversial account of the Black Hole of Calcutta.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Zephaniah Holwell Target entity description: John Zephaniah Holwell was an 18th-century British colonial official and writer in India, best known for his controversial account of the Black Hole of Calcutta.
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A.
W. W. Hodkinson
W. W. Hodkinson was an early American film industry pioneer known as the “Father of Film Distribution” for creating the first nationwide movie distribution system and helping establish Paramount Pictures.
-
B.
Edward Holcroft
Edward Holcroft is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in the Kingsman franchise and the series London Spy.
-
C.
William Hulton
William Hulton was a British magistrate and landowner best known for ordering the yeomanry to arrest speakers at the 1819 Peterloo reform meeting, a decision that helped trigger the ensuing massacre.
-
D.
John Blatchley
John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
-
E.
Francis Hughes
Francis Hughes was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer from Northern Ireland who became widely known for dying on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
- 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_69a498fc69ec8190b61722bd4b67c4d2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c50250b88190a0fcf3e0cbba0b1a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0aa631788190836e00b3cce934ef |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:47 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae0e9310288190af35a7accfa609e3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae0eeb73088190b1ab31f7fcdc4f9d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.