Triple

T1477762
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Gravelines E30881 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Lord Thomas Howard
Lord Thomas Howard was an English nobleman and naval commander best known for his leadership role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
E178064 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: Lord Thomas Howard | Statement: [Battle of Gravelines, commander, Lord Thomas Howard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Thomas Howard
Context triple: [Battle of Gravelines, commander, Lord Thomas Howard]
  • A. Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
    Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, was an early 15th-century English nobleman, military commander, and half-uncle of King Henry V who played a prominent role in the Hundred Years’ War and royal government.
  • B. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
    Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, was a powerful English nobleman and uncle to Edward VI who effectively ruled England as Lord Protector during the early years of the young king’s reign.
  • C. Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
    Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, was an English nobleman and Lord High Admiral who commanded the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
  • D. Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset
    Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, was a short-lived English prince of the early Tudor dynasty, known primarily as the younger son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.
  • E. William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton
    William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, was an English nobleman and courtier, brother of Queen Catherine Parr, who rose to prominence during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI.
  • 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: Lord Thomas Howard
Triple: [Battle of Gravelines, commander, Lord Thomas Howard]
Generated description
Lord Thomas Howard was an English nobleman and naval commander best known for his leadership role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Thomas Howard
Target entity description: Lord Thomas Howard was an English nobleman and naval commander best known for his leadership role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
  • A. Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
    Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, was an early 15th-century English nobleman, military commander, and half-uncle of King Henry V who played a prominent role in the Hundred Years’ War and royal government.
  • B. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
    Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, was a powerful English nobleman and uncle to Edward VI who effectively ruled England as Lord Protector during the early years of the young king’s reign.
  • C. Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
    Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, was an English nobleman and Lord High Admiral who commanded the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
  • D. Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset
    Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, was a short-lived English prince of the early Tudor dynasty, known primarily as the younger son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.
  • E. William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton
    William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, was an English nobleman and courtier, brother of Queen Catherine Parr, who rose to prominence during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI.
  • 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_69a498fe55a88190ab7f9e40ace88e49 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c605d4c0819088ab06678b2ba6f3 completed March 1, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad36ffd8808190894f2139ae12204e completed March 8, 2026, 8:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad38dd6e98819082ceba12e9280963 completed March 8, 2026, 8:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad3a71919c8190822efc93501f15ef completed March 8, 2026, 8:59 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:11 p.m.