Triple

T18599624
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Frederick Adolphus McNair E454583 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Government Architect in the Straits Settlements — 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: Government Architect in the Straits Settlements | Statement: [John Frederick Adolphus McNair, positionHeld, Government Architect in the Straits Settlements]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Government Architect in the Straits Settlements
Context triple: [John Frederick Adolphus McNair, positionHeld, Government Architect in the Straits Settlements]
  • A. Government of the Straits Settlements
    The Government of the Straits Settlements was the British colonial administration that governed the key trading ports of Singapore, Penang, and Malacca in Southeast Asia.
  • B. Executive Council of the Straits Settlements
    The Executive Council of the Straits Settlements was the colonial advisory and administrative body that assisted the British Governor in governing the Straits Settlements in Southeast Asia.
  • C. Malayan Civil Service
    The Malayan Civil Service was the British colonial administrative service responsible for governing British Malaya and managing its civil affairs.
  • D. Governor of the Straits Settlements
    The Governor of the Straits Settlements was the chief British colonial administrator overseeing the Straits Settlements territories in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • E. Straits Settlements Police
    The Straits Settlements Police was the colonial-era law enforcement force responsible for maintaining order in the British Straits Settlements in Southeast Asia.
  • 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: Government Architect in the Straits Settlements
Target entity description: The Government Architect in the Straits Settlements was the chief colonial official responsible for designing and overseeing public buildings and infrastructure in the British-controlled territories of Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • A. Government of the Straits Settlements
    The Government of the Straits Settlements was the British colonial administration that governed the key trading ports of Singapore, Penang, and Malacca in Southeast Asia.
  • B. Executive Council of the Straits Settlements
    The Executive Council of the Straits Settlements was the colonial advisory and administrative body that assisted the British Governor in governing the Straits Settlements in Southeast Asia.
  • C. Malayan Civil Service
    The Malayan Civil Service was the British colonial administrative service responsible for governing British Malaya and managing its civil affairs.
  • D. Governor of the Straits Settlements
    The Governor of the Straits Settlements was the chief British colonial administrator overseeing the Straits Settlements territories in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • E. Straits Settlements Police
    The Straits Settlements Police was the colonial-era law enforcement force responsible for maintaining order in the British Straits Settlements in Southeast Asia.
  • 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_69d8d38ae7e081908a98df1251842402 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5474f1d548190b74408eabd396344 completed April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.