Triple

T17230662

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	John Forrest	`E418231`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Surveyor-General of Western Australia The Surveyor-General of Western Australia is the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing land surveying, mapping, and the administration of land in the state of Western Australia.	`E1256961`	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: Surveyor-General of Western Australia | Statement: [John Forrest, positionHeld, Surveyor-General of Western Australia]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Surveyor-General of Western Australia
Context triple: [John Forrest, positionHeld, Surveyor-General of Western Australia]

A. Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia
The Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia was the colony’s senior engineering authority responsible for planning and overseeing major public works and infrastructure projects across the region.
B. Agent-General for Western Australia
The Agent-General for Western Australia is the state’s senior representative based overseas, responsible for promoting Western Australia’s trade, investment, and diplomatic interests abroad.
C. Surveyor-General of Victoria
The Surveyor-General of Victoria is the senior government official responsible for overseeing land surveying, mapping, and cadastral administration in the Australian state of Victoria.
D. Auditor General for Western Australia
The Auditor General for Western Australia is an independent statutory officer responsible for auditing the finances and performance of Western Australian public sector agencies and reporting findings to Parliament.
E. Treasurer of Western Australia
The Treasurer of Western Australia is the senior government minister responsible for managing the state’s finances, including budgeting, revenue, and economic policy.
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: Surveyor-General of Western Australia
Triple: [John Forrest, positionHeld, Surveyor-General of Western Australia]

Generated description

The Surveyor-General of Western Australia is the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing land surveying, mapping, and the administration of land in the state of Western Australia.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Surveyor-General of Western Australia
Target entity description: The Surveyor-General of Western Australia is the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing land surveying, mapping, and the administration of land in the state of Western Australia.

A. Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia
The Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia was the colony’s senior engineering authority responsible for planning and overseeing major public works and infrastructure projects across the region.
B. Agent-General for Western Australia
The Agent-General for Western Australia is the state’s senior representative based overseas, responsible for promoting Western Australia’s trade, investment, and diplomatic interests abroad.
C. Surveyor-General of Victoria
The Surveyor-General of Victoria is the senior government official responsible for overseeing land surveying, mapping, and cadastral administration in the Australian state of Victoria.
D. Auditor General for Western Australia
The Auditor General for Western Australia is an independent statutory officer responsible for auditing the finances and performance of Western Australian public sector agencies and reporting findings to Parliament.
E. Treasurer of Western Australia
The Treasurer of Western Australia is the senior government minister responsible for managing the state’s finances, including budgeting, revenue, and economic policy.
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_69d886d8e96081909870bff6c3d0bf09`	completed	April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e42df6e7608190af40093c9fe6644c`	completed	April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a016760873c8190bab70ad4ca0c6d8e`	completed	May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a016838367c8190b5117d5314f71a16`	completed	May 11, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a0168976af88190a5f839a93538ac6f`	completed	May 11, 2026, 5:26 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.