Triple

T2871878
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence E63580 entity
Predicate predecessorAsViceroyOfIndia P25645 FINISHED
Object James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, was a 19th-century British statesman and colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor General of the Province of Canada and later as Viceroy of India, as well as for his controversial role in the Second Opium War and the destruction of Beijing's Old Summer Palace.
E305715 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin | Statement: [John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, predecessorAsViceroyOfIndia, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Context triple: [John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, predecessorAsViceroyOfIndia, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin]
  • A. Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin
    Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat best known for removing and transporting the Parthenon sculptures—now commonly called the Elgin Marbles—to Britain in the early 19th century.
  • B. Sir William Hamilton
    Sir William Hamilton was a 19th-century Scottish philosopher best known for his work in logic and metaphysics and for reviving and systematizing Scottish Common Sense philosophy.
  • C. George William
    George William was a 17th-century German prince of the House of Welf who ruled the Principality of Lüneburg within the Holy Roman Empire.
  • D. Henry Brougham
    Henry Brougham was a prominent 19th-century British statesman, lawyer, and reformer who played a key role in the abolition of slavery and the passing of the 1832 Reform Act.
  • E. Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland
    Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland, was a 19th-century British peer and politician prominent in Yorkshire public life and national affairs.
  • 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: James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Triple: [John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, predecessorAsViceroyOfIndia, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin]
Generated description
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, was a 19th-century British statesman and colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor General of the Province of Canada and later as Viceroy of India, as well as for his controversial role in the Second Opium War and the destruction of Beijing's Old Summer Palace.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Target entity description: James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, was a 19th-century British statesman and colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor General of the Province of Canada and later as Viceroy of India, as well as for his controversial role in the Second Opium War and the destruction of Beijing's Old Summer Palace.
  • A. Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin
    Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat best known for removing and transporting the Parthenon sculptures—now commonly called the Elgin Marbles—to Britain in the early 19th century.
  • B. Sir William Hamilton
    Sir William Hamilton was a 19th-century Scottish philosopher best known for his work in logic and metaphysics and for reviving and systematizing Scottish Common Sense philosophy.
  • C. George William
    George William was a 17th-century German prince of the House of Welf who ruled the Principality of Lüneburg within the Holy Roman Empire.
  • D. Henry Brougham
    Henry Brougham was a prominent 19th-century British statesman, lawyer, and reformer who played a key role in the abolition of slavery and the passing of the 1832 Reform Act.
  • E. Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland
    Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland, was a 19th-century British peer and politician prominent in Yorkshire public life and national affairs.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: predecessorAsViceroyOfIndia
Context triple: [John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, predecessorAsViceroyOfIndia, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin]
  • A. precededByAsViceroyOfIndia chosen
    Indicates that one individual previously served as Viceroy of India immediately before another individual in the succession of that office.
  • B. termStartAsViceroyOfIndia
    Indicates the date or point in time when an individual began serving in the role of Viceroy of India.
  • C. termEndAsViceroyOfIndia
    Indicates the time or event at which an individual’s tenure serving as the Viceroy of India comes to an end.
  • D. designatedAsFirstGovernorGeneralOfIndia
    Indicates that one entity was formally designated or recognized as the first Governor-General of India in relation to the other entity.
  • E. firstViceroy
    Indicates that one entity is the first person to hold the position or title of viceroy over another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ab4c42fb8c8190b36e161d47c03b81 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdfe46a1c819084399a191f0dfe9c completed March 7, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01db01d348190945ab982ce5c5b2d completed March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0201470cc81909188573c3749dffb completed March 10, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b020aa00888190a683a621f1e1a107 completed March 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abdd142e4c8190b424cb0c5ff40d04 completed March 7, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.