Triple
T3482464
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Neale |
E73524
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Neale’s Patent for North American postal services
Neale’s Patent for North American postal services was a late 17th-century English crown grant that gave Thomas Neale the exclusive right to establish and operate a centralized postal system across the North American colonies.
|
E360858
|
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: Neale’s Patent for North American postal services | Statement: [Thomas Neale, notableWork, Neale’s Patent for North American postal services]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neale’s Patent for North American postal services Context triple: [Thomas Neale, notableWork, Neale’s Patent for North American postal services]
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A.
Acts of the Universal Postal Union
The Acts of the Universal Postal Union are the foundational international treaties and regulations that govern the global postal system and define the rights and obligations of member countries.
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B.
Post Offices and Post Roads Clause
The Post Offices and Post Roads Clause is a constitutional provision granting Congress the power to establish and regulate a national postal system and the routes over which mail is carried.
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C.
The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
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D.
Pony Express
The Pony Express was a short-lived but legendary 19th-century American mail service that used relays of horseback riders to rapidly carry messages across the western United States.
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E.
Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860
The Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860 was a U.S. federal law that authorized and funded the construction of a telegraph line linking the eastern states with the Pacific Coast, helping to unify national communication before the Civil War.
- 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: Neale’s Patent for North American postal services Triple: [Thomas Neale, notableWork, Neale’s Patent for North American postal services]
Generated description
Neale’s Patent for North American postal services was a late 17th-century English crown grant that gave Thomas Neale the exclusive right to establish and operate a centralized postal system across the North American colonies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neale’s Patent for North American postal services Target entity description: Neale’s Patent for North American postal services was a late 17th-century English crown grant that gave Thomas Neale the exclusive right to establish and operate a centralized postal system across the North American colonies.
-
A.
Acts of the Universal Postal Union
The Acts of the Universal Postal Union are the foundational international treaties and regulations that govern the global postal system and define the rights and obligations of member countries.
-
B.
Post Offices and Post Roads Clause
The Post Offices and Post Roads Clause is a constitutional provision granting Congress the power to establish and regulate a national postal system and the routes over which mail is carried.
-
C.
The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
-
D.
Pony Express
The Pony Express was a short-lived but legendary 19th-century American mail service that used relays of horseback riders to rapidly carry messages across the western United States.
-
E.
Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860
The Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860 was a U.S. federal law that authorized and funded the construction of a telegraph line linking the eastern states with the Pacific Coast, helping to unify national communication before the Civil War.
- 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_69ad85b3c9b08190857cae74c7f36da9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbb76b5188190bf8f8a3f646a7184 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b3681e88d881908a2eeb93aa56d889 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b368a242448190ac61e806b42a0cf3 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b3693bc26c819093ba7f9757ba0665 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.