Triple
T2194500
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | EIC |
E49939
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Smythe
Thomas Smythe was an English merchant and royal official best known as a key early organizer and financial backer of the English East India Company.
|
E243396
|
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: Thomas Smythe | Statement: [EIC, foundedBy, Thomas Smythe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Smythe Context triple: [EIC, foundedBy, Thomas Smythe]
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A.
Nicholas Bacon
Nicholas Bacon was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Queen Elizabeth I.
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B.
Robert Cromwell
Robert Cromwell was an English country gentleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known as the father of Oliver Cromwell, the future Lord Protector of England.
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C.
Thomas Smith
Thomas Smith was a member of the British-appointed Hunter Commission, which investigated the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in colonial India.
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D.
John Strangways
John Strangways is a fictional British Secret Service agent in the James Bond series, notably appearing in Ian Fleming’s novel and the film adaptation of "Dr. No."
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E.
Christopher Hatton
Christopher Hatton was an influential Elizabethan courtier, politician, and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I who rose to become Lord Chancellor of England.
- 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: Thomas Smythe Triple: [EIC, foundedBy, Thomas Smythe]
Generated description
Thomas Smythe was an English merchant and royal official best known as a key early organizer and financial backer of the English East India Company.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Smythe Target entity description: Thomas Smythe was an English merchant and royal official best known as a key early organizer and financial backer of the English East India Company.
-
A.
Nicholas Bacon
Nicholas Bacon was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Queen Elizabeth I.
-
B.
Robert Cromwell
Robert Cromwell was an English country gentleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known as the father of Oliver Cromwell, the future Lord Protector of England.
-
C.
Thomas Smith
Thomas Smith was a member of the British-appointed Hunter Commission, which investigated the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in colonial India.
-
D.
John Strangways
John Strangways is a fictional British Secret Service agent in the James Bond series, notably appearing in Ian Fleming’s novel and the film adaptation of "Dr. No."
-
E.
Christopher Hatton
Christopher Hatton was an influential Elizabethan courtier, politician, and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I who rose to become Lord Chancellor of England.
- 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_69a88aaba3c48190b351cab9b26989ff |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbf74147c81908793c3694894f94a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5db5c364819099e3db36c312437a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae5fc9c0d08190b286f0bbd3b775e6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae603a0ba88190b4bd7ff98a11d1c5 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.