Triple

T3447140

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	John Franklin	`E72703`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land The Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land was the British colonial administrator in charge of governing what is now the Australian state of Tasmania during the 19th century.	`E359009`	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: Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land | Statement: [John Franklin, positionHeld, Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land
Context triple: [John Franklin, positionHeld, Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land]

A. Colonial Secretary of New South Wales
The Colonial Secretary of New South Wales was a senior ministerial office in the colonial government responsible for internal administration and governance before the establishment of the modern premiership.
B. Governor of New South Wales
The Governor of New South Wales is the King’s representative in the Australian state of New South Wales, performing constitutional, ceremonial, and community duties at the state level.
C. Colonial Secretary of Tasmania
The Colonial Secretary of Tasmania was a senior government official in the colonial administration responsible for overseeing internal affairs and acting as a key executive authority before the establishment of the modern premiership.
D. Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province
The Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province was the British colonial official responsible for administering the southern part of New Zealand under the short-lived New Munster provincial government in the mid-19th century.
E. Governor of Tasmania
The Governor of Tasmania is the King’s representative in the Australian state of Tasmania, performing constitutional, ceremonial, and community duties.
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: Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land
Triple: [John Franklin, positionHeld, Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land]

Generated description

The Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land was the British colonial administrator in charge of governing what is now the Australian state of Tasmania during the 19th century.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land
Target entity description: The Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land was the British colonial administrator in charge of governing what is now the Australian state of Tasmania during the 19th century.

A. Colonial Secretary of New South Wales
The Colonial Secretary of New South Wales was a senior ministerial office in the colonial government responsible for internal administration and governance before the establishment of the modern premiership.
B. Governor of New South Wales
The Governor of New South Wales is the King’s representative in the Australian state of New South Wales, performing constitutional, ceremonial, and community duties at the state level.
C. Colonial Secretary of Tasmania
The Colonial Secretary of Tasmania was a senior government official in the colonial administration responsible for overseeing internal affairs and acting as a key executive authority before the establishment of the modern premiership.
D. Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province
The Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province was the British colonial official responsible for administering the southern part of New Zealand under the short-lived New Munster provincial government in the mid-19th century.
E. Governor of Tasmania
The Governor of Tasmania is the King’s representative in the Australian state of Tasmania, performing constitutional, ceremonial, and community duties.
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_69ad85b05c848190b7a28ceec2bd7b74`	completed	March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69adba6efb188190b989fa4d6f28e16b`	completed	March 8, 2026, 6:05 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b360e32ba08190bcd2f3cbe963c443`	completed	March 13, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b3615cf80481908ff305f995d0b176`	completed	March 13, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b36249b50881909ebae2d35b30cc1c`	completed	March 13, 2026, 1:03 a.m.

Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:16 p.m.