Triple

T2908984
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject HMS Goliath E63635 entity
Predicate notableCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object Sir Alexander John Ball
Sir Alexander John Ball was a British Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator best known for his leadership during the French Revolutionary Wars and his role as Civil Commissioner of Malta.
E311867 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 Alexander John Ball | Statement: [HMS Goliath, notableCommander, Sir Alexander John Ball]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Alexander John Ball
Context triple: [HMS Goliath, notableCommander, Sir Alexander John Ball]
  • A. Archibald Alexander Leach
    Archibald Alexander Leach was the birth name of Cary Grant, the iconic British-American film actor renowned for his debonair charm and roles in classic Hollywood cinema.
  • B. Ferdinand Lyle
    Ferdinand Lyle is a charming, erudite Victorian Egyptologist and linguist who aids the protagonists in deciphering occult mysteries in the horror drama series "Penny Dreadful."
  • C. Sir Ernest Bullock
    Sir Ernest Bullock was a prominent British organist, composer, and choral director who served in leading positions at major UK musical institutions in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • E. Sir John Hoddinott
    Sir John Hoddinott was a senior British police officer who served as Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary and was noted for his leadership in modernizing policing practices.
  • 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 Alexander John Ball
Triple: [HMS Goliath, notableCommander, Sir Alexander John Ball]
Generated description
Sir Alexander John Ball was a British Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator best known for his leadership during the French Revolutionary Wars and his role as Civil Commissioner of Malta.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Alexander John Ball
Target entity description: Sir Alexander John Ball was a British Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator best known for his leadership during the French Revolutionary Wars and his role as Civil Commissioner of Malta.
  • A. Archibald Alexander Leach
    Archibald Alexander Leach was the birth name of Cary Grant, the iconic British-American film actor renowned for his debonair charm and roles in classic Hollywood cinema.
  • B. Ferdinand Lyle
    Ferdinand Lyle is a charming, erudite Victorian Egyptologist and linguist who aids the protagonists in deciphering occult mysteries in the horror drama series "Penny Dreadful."
  • C. Sir Ernest Bullock
    Sir Ernest Bullock was a prominent British organist, composer, and choral director who served in leading positions at major UK musical institutions in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • E. Sir John Hoddinott
    Sir John Hoddinott was a senior British police officer who served as Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary and was noted for his leadership in modernizing policing practices.
  • 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_69ab4c44ab448190b9411324e8a1fc1d completed March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe0d329c88190b6fcaef0be1799eb completed March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0865c719c8190aacafe236b02c844 completed March 10, 2026, 9 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0dcd67c848190b1428a4a7a568ad6 completed March 11, 2026, 3:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0dd3eb5248190aee95803673c75a4 completed March 11, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:11 p.m.