Triple
T1962652
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Isandlwana |
E42620
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Chelmsford was a British Army general best known for leading the ill-fated 1879 invasion of Zululand during the Anglo-Zulu War, including the disastrous Battle of Isandlwana.
|
E161047
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Lord Chelmsford | Statement: [Battle of Isandlwana, commander, Lord Chelmsford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Chelmsford Context triple: [Battle of Isandlwana, commander, Lord Chelmsford]
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A.
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Chelmsford was a British colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India during World War I and co-authored the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms that reshaped Indian constitutional governance.
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B.
Sir William Ashburnham
Sir William Ashburnham was an 18th-century British politician and courtier who held senior governmental and royal household positions, including a key financial role in the Royal Navy.
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C.
2nd Baron Chelmsford
The 2nd Baron Chelmsford was a British peer of the 19th century, known primarily as the son and successor of the first Baron Chelmsford in the United Kingdom’s hereditary nobility.
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D.
Lord Shelburne
Lord Shelburne was a British Whig statesman who briefly served as Prime Minister and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Lord Milner
Lord Milner was a British statesman and colonial administrator best known for his role in governing South Africa around the time of the Second Boer War and shaping imperial policy there.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Lord Chelmsford Triple: [Battle of Isandlwana, commander, Lord Chelmsford]
Generated description
Lord Chelmsford was a British Army general best known for leading the ill-fated 1879 invasion of Zululand during the Anglo-Zulu War, including the disastrous Battle of Isandlwana.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Chelmsford Target entity description: Lord Chelmsford was a British Army general best known for leading the ill-fated 1879 invasion of Zululand during the Anglo-Zulu War, including the disastrous Battle of Isandlwana.
-
A.
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Chelmsford was a British colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India during World War I and co-authored the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms that reshaped Indian constitutional governance.
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B.
Sir William Ashburnham
Sir William Ashburnham was an 18th-century British politician and courtier who held senior governmental and royal household positions, including a key financial role in the Royal Navy.
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C.
2nd Baron Chelmsford
chosen
The 2nd Baron Chelmsford was a British peer of the 19th century, known primarily as the son and successor of the first Baron Chelmsford in the United Kingdom’s hereditary nobility.
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D.
Lord Shelburne
Lord Shelburne was a British Whig statesman who briefly served as Prime Minister and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Lord Milner
Lord Milner was a British statesman and colonial administrator best known for his role in governing South Africa around the time of the Second Boer War and shaping imperial policy there.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (5 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3ac31a08190abaecac8badc52c7 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae30467f2c8190adc3e619396c0f08 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae31722f0081908a4d9d0760af375e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae3209e46c81909055a1ee4fccd74d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.