Triple
T23187761
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William George Shedden Dobbie |
E579638
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Commander-in-Chief Malta |
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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: Commander-in-Chief Malta | Statement: [William George Shedden Dobbie, positionHeld, Commander-in-Chief Malta]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commander-in-Chief Malta Context triple: [William George Shedden Dobbie, positionHeld, Commander-in-Chief Malta]
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A.
Air Officer Commanding Malta
Air Officer Commanding Malta was the Royal Air Force post responsible for directing air operations and defense of the strategically vital island of Malta, notably during the Second World War.
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B.
Governor-General of Malta
The Governor-General of Malta was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in Malta during its period as a Commonwealth realm before becoming a republic.
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C.
Grand Master of Malta
The Grand Master of Malta was the supreme head of the Knights Hospitaller (Order of St. John), combining religious, military, and political authority, particularly during the order’s rule over Malta.
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D.
Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
The Commander-in-Chief, Ireland was the senior British Army post responsible for commanding military forces in Ireland prior to the establishment of the Irish Free State.
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E.
Standard of the Governor-General of Malta
The Standard of the Governor-General of Malta was the official flag used to represent the British-appointed governor-general as the monarch’s representative in Malta before it became a republic.
- 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: Commander-in-Chief Malta Target entity description: Commander-in-Chief Malta was the senior British military command responsible for the defense and operations of the strategically vital island of Malta, particularly during periods such as the Second World War.
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A.
Air Officer Commanding Malta
Air Officer Commanding Malta was the Royal Air Force post responsible for directing air operations and defense of the strategically vital island of Malta, notably during the Second World War.
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B.
Governor-General of Malta
The Governor-General of Malta was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in Malta during its period as a Commonwealth realm before becoming a republic.
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C.
Grand Master of Malta
The Grand Master of Malta was the supreme head of the Knights Hospitaller (Order of St. John), combining religious, military, and political authority, particularly during the order’s rule over Malta.
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D.
Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
The Commander-in-Chief, Ireland was the senior British Army post responsible for commanding military forces in Ireland prior to the establishment of the Irish Free State.
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E.
Standard of the Governor-General of Malta
The Standard of the Governor-General of Malta was the official flag used to represent the British-appointed governor-general as the monarch’s representative in Malta before it became a republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e245ff8000819090d12008805315b7 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18fd4c6f481908b6138a44b98c8a7 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:05 p.m.