Triple
T20826635
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Sandfield Macdonald |
E512718
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John |
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|
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: John | Statement: [John Sandfield Macdonald, givenName, John]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Context triple: [John Sandfield Macdonald, givenName, John]
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A.
John
John Vassall Jr. was a British civil servant who became notorious as a Soviet spy during the Cold War.
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B.
John
John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
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C.
John
John Ross is a personal name shared by various notable individuals across history, including leaders, politicians, and public figures.
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D.
John
John, Duke of Berry, was a powerful 14th-century French prince renowned as a major patron of the arts, especially for commissioning lavish illuminated manuscripts such as the Très Riches Heures.
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E.
John
John is the given name of American novelist and historical fiction writer John Jakes, best known for his sprawling family sagas set during pivotal periods of U.S. history.
- 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: John Target entity description: John is the given name of John Sandfield Macdonald, the first Premier of Ontario and a prominent 19th-century Canadian politician.
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A.
John
chosen
John is the given name of John Sandfield Macdonald, a 19th-century Canadian politician who served as the first Premier of Ontario.
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B.
John
John is the given name of John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada and a key figure in the country's Confederation.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and a key figure in early Canadian colonial administration.
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D.
John
John is the first name of John Tory, a Canadian politician and former mayor of Toronto.
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E.
John
John is the first name of Canadian politician Jack Layton, a prominent former leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party.
- F. None of above.
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_69e0b4ce39108190a6e8e5df4f1c8dc5 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c2fe54608190a061274bf4316610 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:41 p.m.