Triple
T22296671
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke |
E551138
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William ap Thomas |
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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: William ap Thomas | Statement: [William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, father, William ap Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William ap Thomas Context triple: [William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, father, William ap Thomas]
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A.
William ap Thomas
chosen
William ap Thomas was a 15th-century Welsh nobleman and soldier, known as the "Blue Knight of Gwent," who rose to prominence in the service of the English crown and established the family that later became the earls of Pembroke.
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B.
William Humphrey
William Humphrey was an American actor and director of the silent film era, known for his character roles in early 20th-century cinema.
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C.
Sir Thomas Cotton
Sir Thomas Cotton was a 17th-century English antiquary and politician who inherited and helped preserve the renowned Cotton library of manuscripts assembled by his father, Sir Robert Cotton.
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D.
Thomas Staunton
Thomas Staunton was a British official and interpreter who served on Lord Macartney’s 1793 embassy to China, notable for his fluency in Chinese and role in early Sino-British relations.
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E.
Charles Tazewell
Charles Tazewell was an American author best known for writing the beloved Christmas story "The Littlest Angel."
- 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_69e11e45fb848190a1b2ae21296e3a5f |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15720fba0819080f6c96f6df4f1e0 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 12:56 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:41 p.m.