Triple
T2281094
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada |
E51280
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHolder |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Graves Simcoe |
E126763
|
NE FINISHED |
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: John Graves Simcoe | Statement: [Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, officeHolder, John Graves Simcoe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Graves Simcoe Context triple: [Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, officeHolder, John Graves Simcoe]
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A.
John Graves Simcoe
chosen
John Graves Simcoe was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, known for founding Toronto (then York) and promoting early anti-slavery measures in the province.
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B.
William R. Broughton
William R. Broughton was an 18th-century British naval officer and explorer known for his voyages in the Pacific Ocean and the naming of various islands.
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C.
Frederick Hamilton
Frederick Hamilton is a personal name shared by several notable historical figures, including politicians, military officers, and aristocrats from the British and Irish nobility.
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D.
Isaac Brock
Isaac Brock was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his leadership in defending Canada during the early stages of the War of 1812.
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E.
Æneas MacKenzie
Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88b08e4308190bdac9aebcca1c91a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc21ac3d48190abef254e1c3f45e8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae71e7b44c8190ab647646352b71b7 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.