Triple
T17525315
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Dinwiddie |
E426778
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 Customs for the Southern Ports of America | Statement: [Robert Dinwiddie, positionHeld, Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America Context triple: [Robert Dinwiddie, positionHeld, Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America]
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A.
Inspector-General of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service
The Inspector-General of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service was the top administrative and supervisory post overseeing China’s foreign-run customs system during the late Qing dynasty and early Republican era.
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B.
Surveyor of the Port of Salem
Surveyor of the Port of Salem was a mid-19th-century U.S. customs post in Salem, Massachusetts, overseeing the inspection and regulation of maritime trade.
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C.
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a principal British cabinet position responsible for foreign and domestic affairs in southern England, Ireland, and parts of the British Empire until it was reorganized in the late 18th century.
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D.
Treasurer of the Navy
The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
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E.
American Board of Customs Commissioners
The American Board of Customs Commissioners was a British colonial agency created to more strictly enforce trade regulations and collect customs duties in the American colonies, contributing to rising tensions before the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America Target entity description: The Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America was a senior British colonial official responsible for overseeing and regulating customs collection and trade enforcement across the southern seaports of British America.
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A.
Inspector-General of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service
The Inspector-General of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service was the top administrative and supervisory post overseeing China’s foreign-run customs system during the late Qing dynasty and early Republican era.
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B.
Surveyor of the Port of Salem
Surveyor of the Port of Salem was a mid-19th-century U.S. customs post in Salem, Massachusetts, overseeing the inspection and regulation of maritime trade.
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C.
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a principal British cabinet position responsible for foreign and domestic affairs in southern England, Ireland, and parts of the British Empire until it was reorganized in the late 18th century.
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D.
Treasurer of the Navy
The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
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E.
American Board of Customs Commissioners
The American Board of Customs Commissioners was a British colonial agency created to more strictly enforce trade regulations and collect customs duties in the American colonies, contributing to rising tensions before the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d889de677081909b22d2657b1f0292 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e452d592a081909bf876d606158b2d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:49 a.m.