Triple

T2182831
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Plattsburgh E49083 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object George Downie
George Downie was a British Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the fleet that fought and was defeated at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812.
E285334 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: George Downie | Statement: [Battle of Plattsburgh, commander, George Downie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Downie
Context triple: [Battle of Plattsburgh, commander, George Downie]
  • A. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • B. Don Jamieson
    Don Jamieson was a Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles, including in foreign affairs, during the latter half of the 20th century.
  • C. William Bickerton
    William Bickerton was a 19th-century Latter Day Saint leader and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite), a Restorationist Christian denomination.
  • D. William Henry Dinneen
    William Henry Dinneen was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and later a prominent umpire in the early 20th century.
  • E. Gustav Hamilton
    Gustav Hamilton was a 17th-century Scottish-born Swedish military officer and nobleman known for his service in the Swedish army and governance roles in the Baltic region.
  • 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: George Downie
Triple: [Battle of Plattsburgh, commander, George Downie]
Generated description
George Downie was a British Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the fleet that fought and was defeated at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Downie
Target entity description: George Downie was a British Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the fleet that fought and was defeated at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812.
  • A. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • B. Don Jamieson
    Don Jamieson was a Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles, including in foreign affairs, during the latter half of the 20th century.
  • C. William Bickerton
    William Bickerton was a 19th-century Latter Day Saint leader and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite), a Restorationist Christian denomination.
  • D. William Henry Dinneen
    William Henry Dinneen was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and later a prominent umpire in the early 20th century.
  • E. Gustav Hamilton
    Gustav Hamilton was a 17th-century Scottish-born Swedish military officer and nobleman known for his service in the Swedish army and governance roles in the Baltic region.
  • F. None of above. chosen

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_69a88aa72d348190a9544bb5b8a4e71d completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbf0d551881909d7f907378e1b2b7 completed March 7, 2026, 6 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af989e2cf48190b9c5d053491e3a96 completed March 10, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af9952a95881908d01aa13f5feef43 completed March 10, 2026, 4:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af99e68f10819094d758d3a4bc2e9c completed March 10, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.