Triple

T2778658
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 Richard J. Evans
Sir Richard J. Evans is a prominent British historian renowned for his extensive work on modern German history and the historiography of the Third Reich.
E300296 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 Richard J. Evans | Statement: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Sir Richard J. Evans]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Richard J. Evans
Context triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Sir Richard J. Evans]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • 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. 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."
  • E. Graham Stanton
    Graham Stanton is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
  • 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 Richard J. Evans
Triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Sir Richard J. Evans]
Generated description
Sir Richard J. Evans is a prominent British historian renowned for his extensive work on modern German history and the historiography of the Third Reich.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Richard J. Evans
Target entity description: Sir Richard J. Evans is a prominent British historian renowned for his extensive work on modern German history and the historiography of the Third Reich.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • 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. 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."
  • E. Graham Stanton
    Graham Stanton is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
  • 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_69afc64f94208190b9b8da1fdf6252cc completed March 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc7385ec081909750c9219ef01e72 completed March 10, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc79f88648190a9a18ed0522da655 completed March 10, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.