Triple

T20198036
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British colonial authorities in North Carolina E493139 entity
Predicate subordinateTo P258 FINISHED
Object Secretary of State for the Southern Department — 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: Secretary of State for the Southern Department | Statement: [British colonial authorities in North Carolina, subordinateTo, Secretary of State for the Southern Department]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Secretary of State for the Southern Department
Context triple: [British colonial authorities in North Carolina, subordinateTo, Secretary of State for the Southern Department]
  • A. Secretary of State for the Southern Department chosen
    The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a principal British cabinet position responsible for foreign and domestic affairs in southern England, Ireland, and parts of the British Empire until it was reorganized in the late 18th century.
  • B. Secretary of State for the Northern Department
    The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a senior British government office responsible for foreign and domestic affairs relating mainly to northern Europe and, at times, parts of Britain and Ireland, before being replaced by the modern Foreign Secretary role.
  • C. Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
    The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a senior British cabinet post responsible for overseeing both military affairs and the administration of the British Empire’s colonies during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • D. Secretary of State for War
    The Secretary of State for War was a senior British government minister responsible for overseeing the administration, organization, and policy of the British Army before the role was abolished and its functions absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.
  • E. Under-Secretary of State for War
    The Under-Secretary of State for War was a junior British government ministerial post within the War Office, responsible for assisting in the administration and oversight of the Army.
  • 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_69da6269614c8190bb40475d9d477358 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66d8afe408190a7a9202ed67698e6 completed April 20, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:37 p.m.