Triple
T17856806
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Michael Howard |
E445958
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kenneth Clarke |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Kenneth Clarke | Statement: [Michael Howard, precededBy, Kenneth Clarke]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Clarke Context triple: [Michael Howard, precededBy, Kenneth Clarke]
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A.
Kenneth Clarke
chosen
Kenneth Clarke is a veteran British Conservative politician who has held several senior Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer, and is known for his pro-European views and long parliamentary career.
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B.
R. A. Butler
R. A. Butler was a prominent mid-20th-century British Conservative politician and reformer, noted for shaping postwar social and educational policy and helping define the party’s moderate, consensus-driven direction.
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C.
Duncan Sandys
Duncan Sandys was a British Conservative politician, government minister, and son-in-law of Winston Churchill who played a prominent role in defense and colonial policy during and after World War II.
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D.
Geoffrey Howe
Geoffrey Howe was a prominent British Conservative politician who served as Margaret Thatcher’s first Chancellor of the Exchequer and later as Foreign Secretary, playing a key role in shaping the UK’s economic policies in the 1980s.
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E.
Sir Michael Howard
Sir Michael Howard was a distinguished British military historian and academic renowned for his influential works on war, strategy, and European history.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d8b9f26f18819089c9e43250bee6ae |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4978bd5e081909e192f6aada5235f |
completed | April 19, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:17 a.m.