Triple
T16347855
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hougomont |
E396979
|
entity |
| Predicate | commanderDefence |
P14510
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell
Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell was a British Army officer renowned for his crucial role in defending the farmhouse of Hougoumont during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
|
E1208323
|
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: Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell | Statement: [Hougomont, commanderDefence, Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell Context triple: [Hougomont, commanderDefence, Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell]
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A.
Colonel Alan David Macpherson
Colonel Alan David Macpherson was a British military officer and prominent local dignitary who served as the ceremonial representative of the Crown in Elginshire.
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B.
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford was a British Army officer and Royal Engineers commander in the Anglo-Zulu War, best known for his controversial role and death at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879.
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C.
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt was an Australian Army officer who commanded Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Timor in World War II.
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D.
Major-General Tom Rennie
Major-General Tom Rennie was a British Army officer who distinguished himself as a frontline divisional commander during key campaigns of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
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E.
Lieutenant General Philip Christison
Lieutenant General Philip Christison was a senior British Army officer of World War II, noted for his leadership in the Burma Campaign and other Southeast Asian operations.
- 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: Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell Triple: [Hougomont, commanderDefence, Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell]
Generated description
Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell was a British Army officer renowned for his crucial role in defending the farmhouse of Hougoumont during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell Target entity description: Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell was a British Army officer renowned for his crucial role in defending the farmhouse of Hougoumont during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
-
A.
Colonel Alan David Macpherson
Colonel Alan David Macpherson was a British military officer and prominent local dignitary who served as the ceremonial representative of the Crown in Elginshire.
-
B.
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford was a British Army officer and Royal Engineers commander in the Anglo-Zulu War, best known for his controversial role and death at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879.
-
C.
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt was an Australian Army officer who commanded Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Timor in World War II.
-
D.
Major-General Tom Rennie
Major-General Tom Rennie was a British Army officer who distinguished himself as a frontline divisional commander during key campaigns of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
-
E.
Lieutenant General Philip Christison
Lieutenant General Philip Christison was a senior British Army officer of World War II, noted for his leadership in the Burma Campaign and other Southeast Asian operations.
- 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_69d87f26864c819088365ca381a003c2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e2da1038d88190b8292cfe71bc4f2a |
completed | April 18, 2026, 1:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a002db1cd288190a85fa2479369ef4f |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a002ea334888190a3ec96a470a39a62 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a002f667480819090ec3c7b3b79816c |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:07 a.m.