Triple
T17727999
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William John Lyne |
E442514
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Postmaster-General of New South Wales |
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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: Postmaster-General of New South Wales | Statement: [William John Lyne, positionHeld, Postmaster-General of New South Wales]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postmaster-General of New South Wales Context triple: [William John Lyne, positionHeld, Postmaster-General of New South Wales]
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A.
Postmaster-General of Australia
The Postmaster-General of Australia was a senior government minister responsible for overseeing the nation’s postal and telecommunications services before these functions were corporatised and restructured.
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B.
Registrar-General of New South Wales
The Registrar-General of New South Wales is the senior government official responsible for overseeing civil registration and land titles administration in the Australian state of New South Wales.
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C.
Secretary for Lands of New South Wales
The Secretary for Lands of New South Wales was a senior government ministerial role responsible for overseeing land administration, allocation, and related policies in the Australian state of New South Wales.
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D.
Colonial Secretary of New South Wales
The Colonial Secretary of New South Wales was a senior ministerial office in the colonial government responsible for internal administration and governance before the establishment of the modern premiership.
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E.
Chief Secretary of New South Wales
The Chief Secretary of New South Wales was a senior ministerial position in the New South Wales government responsible for overseeing key administrative and internal affairs functions, particularly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Postmaster-General of New South Wales Target entity description: The Postmaster-General of New South Wales was a senior government minister responsible for overseeing postal and telecommunication services in the Australian colony (and later state) of New South Wales.
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A.
Postmaster-General of Australia
The Postmaster-General of Australia was a senior government minister responsible for overseeing the nation’s postal and telecommunications services before these functions were corporatised and restructured.
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B.
Registrar-General of New South Wales
The Registrar-General of New South Wales is the senior government official responsible for overseeing civil registration and land titles administration in the Australian state of New South Wales.
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C.
Secretary for Lands of New South Wales
The Secretary for Lands of New South Wales was a senior government ministerial role responsible for overseeing land administration, allocation, and related policies in the Australian state of New South Wales.
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D.
Colonial Secretary of New South Wales
The Colonial Secretary of New South Wales was a senior ministerial office in the colonial government responsible for internal administration and governance before the establishment of the modern premiership.
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E.
Chief Secretary of New South Wales
The Chief Secretary of New South Wales was a senior ministerial position in the New South Wales government responsible for overseeing key administrative and internal affairs functions, particularly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69d8b9ec79688190b86bdcef85a7b3aa |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e478e3cb708190b47456ad2008a65e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:08 a.m.