Triple
T16043005
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Hedley Vicars Bulyea |
E389143
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Railway Commissioner of the Northwest Territories |
E638930
|
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: Railway Commissioner of the Northwest Territories | Statement: [George Hedley Vicars Bulyea, positionHeld, Railway Commissioner of the Northwest Territories]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Railway Commissioner of the Northwest Territories Context triple: [George Hedley Vicars Bulyea, positionHeld, Railway Commissioner of the Northwest Territories]
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A.
Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
The Commissioner of the Northwest Territories is the federally appointed official who performs many of the ceremonial and constitutional duties of a provincial lieutenant governor within Canada’s Northwest Territories.
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B.
Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada
chosen
The Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada was a federal regulatory body established in the early 20th century to oversee and regulate railway operations, rates, and services across Canada.
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C.
Commissioner of Yukon
The Commissioner of Yukon is the federally appointed representative who performs many of the ceremonial and constitutional duties in the Yukon territory, similar to a provincial lieutenant governor.
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D.
Minister of Transport of Canada
The Minister of Transport of Canada is the federal cabinet official responsible for overseeing national transportation policy, safety, and infrastructure across all modes of transport in the country.
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E.
Premier of the Northwest Territories
The Premier of the Northwest Territories is the head of the territorial government, responsible for leading the executive council and overseeing public policy and administration in Canada's Northwest Territories.
- 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_69d86dada3808190825d5f80d72fbe88 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e1835c5bd48190b5b47379bf51f84e |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffdbd95d508190a21db435fb69f8d7 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:56 a.m.