Triple

T3177135
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Governor of Bombay E66490 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object James Fergusson
James Fergusson was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and politician who served in several high-ranking imperial posts, including as a governor in British India.
E333847 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: James Fergusson | Statement: [Governor of Bombay, positionHeldBy, James Fergusson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Fergusson
Context triple: [Governor of Bombay, positionHeldBy, James Fergusson]
  • A. Robert Fergusson
    Robert Fergusson was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose vivid vernacular verse and depictions of Edinburgh life strongly influenced later writers, including Robert Burns.
  • B. Archibald Campbell Tait
    Archibald Campbell Tait was a 19th-century Archbishop of Canterbury known for his role in guiding the Church of England through significant religious and social reforms.
  • C. William Sharp
    William Sharp was a Scottish poet, biographer, and literary figure of the late 19th century, also known for publishing mystical and Celtic-themed works under the pseudonym Fiona Macleod.
  • D. John Carr Munro
    John Carr Munro was a Canadian politician who served as a longtime Member of Parliament from Hamilton, Ontario, and held several federal cabinet positions.
  • E. Gustav Hamilton
    Gustav Hamilton was a 17th-century Scottish-born Swedish military officer and nobleman known for his service in the Swedish army and governance roles in the Baltic region.
  • 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 Fergusson
Triple: [Governor of Bombay, positionHeldBy, James Fergusson]
Generated description
James Fergusson was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and politician who served in several high-ranking imperial posts, including as a governor in British India.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Fergusson
Target entity description: James Fergusson was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and politician who served in several high-ranking imperial posts, including as a governor in British India.
  • A. Robert Fergusson
    Robert Fergusson was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose vivid vernacular verse and depictions of Edinburgh life strongly influenced later writers, including Robert Burns.
  • B. Archibald Campbell Tait
    Archibald Campbell Tait was a 19th-century Archbishop of Canterbury known for his role in guiding the Church of England through significant religious and social reforms.
  • C. William Sharp
    William Sharp was a Scottish poet, biographer, and literary figure of the late 19th century, also known for publishing mystical and Celtic-themed works under the pseudonym Fiona Macleod.
  • D. John Carr Munro
    John Carr Munro was a Canadian politician who served as a longtime Member of Parliament from Hamilton, Ontario, and held several federal cabinet positions.
  • E. Gustav Hamilton
    Gustav Hamilton was a 17th-century Scottish-born Swedish military officer and nobleman known for his service in the Swedish army and governance roles in the Baltic region.
  • 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_69ad8586a34c8190944c63ec11a8de1a completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada69c2edc81908bfd23a1d5ce970e completed March 8, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b235f5ace88190b6bd16ec240240c0 completed March 12, 2026, 3:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b23751b6b48190a01902748cb40ece completed March 12, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b237e35dc081908b53fa02fdde0031 completed March 12, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:06 p.m.