Triple

T2778655
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 Sir John H. Plumb
Sir John H. Plumb was a prominent 20th-century British historian renowned for his influential works on 18th-century Britain and his role in shaping modern historical scholarship.
E298126 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: Sir John H. Plumb | Statement: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Sir John H. Plumb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John H. Plumb
Context triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Sir John H. Plumb]
  • A. Herbert Butterfield
    Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
  • B. Louis Trevelyan
    Louis Trevelyan is the increasingly jealous and obsessive central figure of Anthony Trollope’s novel "He Knew He Was Right," whose suspicions and stubborn pride lead to the destruction of his marriage and happiness.
  • C. Nicholas Vansittart
    Nicholas Vansittart was a British Tory politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer during the early 19th century, becoming one of the longest-serving holders of that office.
  • D. Raymond Priestley
    Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
  • E. Hugh Trevor-Roper
    Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
  • 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: Sir John H. Plumb
Triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Sir John H. Plumb]
Generated description
Sir John H. Plumb was a prominent 20th-century British historian renowned for his influential works on 18th-century Britain and his role in shaping modern historical scholarship.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John H. Plumb
Target entity description: Sir John H. Plumb was a prominent 20th-century British historian renowned for his influential works on 18th-century Britain and his role in shaping modern historical scholarship.
  • A. Herbert Butterfield
    Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
  • B. Louis Trevelyan
    Louis Trevelyan is the increasingly jealous and obsessive central figure of Anthony Trollope’s novel "He Knew He Was Right," whose suspicions and stubborn pride lead to the destruction of his marriage and happiness.
  • C. Nicholas Vansittart
    Nicholas Vansittart was a British Tory politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer during the early 19th century, becoming one of the longest-serving holders of that office.
  • D. Raymond Priestley
    Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
  • E. Hugh Trevor-Roper
    Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
  • 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.