Triple
T2778653
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge |
E61637
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableHolder |
P1918
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Robert Seeley
John Robert Seeley was a 19th-century English historian and political essayist best known for his influential works on the British Empire and its role in world history.
|
E298124
|
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: John Robert Seeley | Statement: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, John Robert Seeley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Robert Seeley Context triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, John Robert Seeley]
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A.
George Higginson
George Higginson was the father of American businessman and philanthropist Henry Lee Higginson, known for his role in Boston’s prominent Higginson family.
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B.
Henry Gannett
Henry Gannett was an American geographer and cartographer known as the “Father of American Mapmaking” and a founding figure in modern American geography.
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C.
Charles Elliot
Charles Elliot was a British naval officer and diplomat who played a pivotal role in the early stages of the First Opium War between Britain and Qing China.
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D.
Charles E. Merriam
Charles E. Merriam was an influential American political scientist and University of Chicago professor known for pioneering behavioralism and modern empirical approaches in political science.
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E.
Henry A. Strong
Henry A. Strong was an American businessman and early photography industry pioneer best known as the co-founder and first president of the Eastman Kodak Company.
- 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: John Robert Seeley Triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, John Robert Seeley]
Generated description
John Robert Seeley was a 19th-century English historian and political essayist best known for his influential works on the British Empire and its role in world history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Robert Seeley Target entity description: John Robert Seeley was a 19th-century English historian and political essayist best known for his influential works on the British Empire and its role in world history.
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A.
George Higginson
George Higginson was the father of American businessman and philanthropist Henry Lee Higginson, known for his role in Boston’s prominent Higginson family.
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B.
Henry Gannett
Henry Gannett was an American geographer and cartographer known as the “Father of American Mapmaking” and a founding figure in modern American geography.
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C.
Charles Elliot
Charles Elliot was a British naval officer and diplomat who played a pivotal role in the early stages of the First Opium War between Britain and Qing China.
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D.
Charles E. Merriam
Charles E. Merriam was an influential American political scientist and University of Chicago professor known for pioneering behavioralism and modern empirical approaches in political science.
-
E.
Henry A. Strong
Henry A. Strong was an American businessman and early photography industry pioneer best known as the co-founder and first president of the Eastman Kodak Company.
- 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_69ab4b7e43c48190997b8fc8fb1663ab |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdd83c5fc8190936b971d5577d3f9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afc05cf84881908e771471dbda4c8d |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afc1f3741c8190a806f8cc14fc6334 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afc24c63188190a51f5ae9f2955f0a |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.