Triple
T19585950
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe |
E490105
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Commander-in-Chief, British forces in North America |
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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: Commander-in-Chief, British forces in North America | Statement: [William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, positionHeld, Commander-in-Chief, British forces in North America]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commander-in-Chief, British forces in North America Context triple: [William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, positionHeld, Commander-in-Chief, British forces in North America]
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A.
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
The Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army was the highest military leadership role in the American Revolutionary War, responsible for directing colonial forces against Great Britain.
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B.
Commander-in-Chief in British North America
chosen
The Commander-in-Chief in British North America was the senior British military authority overseeing all land and naval forces in the North American colonies before Canadian Confederation.
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C.
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom)
The Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) was the former professional head of the British Army, responsible for its overall command and administration before the role was replaced by more modern military leadership structures.
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D.
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy
The Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy was the highest-ranking officer leading the naval forces of the American colonies during the Revolutionary War.
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E.
Captain-General of the Forces
The Captain-General of the Forces was the highest-ranking military office in England, commanding the army and often wielding significant political influence.
- 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_69d8e8dd9374819098e36349b3211663 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e640513134819082cf233fa3dcc911 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m.