Triple
T3545890
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Samuel Hearne |
E74994
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
governor of Fort Prince of Wales
The governor of Fort Prince of Wales was the chief administrative and trading official in charge of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s remote northern outpost on Hudson Bay during the late 18th century.
|
E367494
|
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: governor of Fort Prince of Wales | Statement: [Samuel Hearne, positionHeld, governor of Fort Prince of Wales]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: governor of Fort Prince of Wales Context triple: [Samuel Hearne, positionHeld, governor of Fort Prince of Wales]
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A.
Governor William Tryon
Governor William Tryon was an 18th-century British colonial official best known for his controversial governorships of North Carolina and New York and his harsh suppression of colonial dissent.
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B.
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.
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C.
Governor William Berkeley
Governor William Berkeley was the colonial governor of Virginia best known for his autocratic rule, promotion of the tobacco economy, and central role as the establishment leader opposed during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676.
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D.
Edward Cornwallis
Edward Cornwallis was an 18th-century British military officer and colonial administrator best known for establishing British rule in Nova Scotia and serving as the first governor of Halifax.
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E.
Governor General of New France
The Governor General of New France was the French Crown’s highest colonial official in North America, responsible for overseeing military, diplomatic, and administrative affairs in the colony.
- 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: governor of Fort Prince of Wales Triple: [Samuel Hearne, positionHeld, governor of Fort Prince of Wales]
Generated description
The governor of Fort Prince of Wales was the chief administrative and trading official in charge of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s remote northern outpost on Hudson Bay during the late 18th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: governor of Fort Prince of Wales Target entity description: The governor of Fort Prince of Wales was the chief administrative and trading official in charge of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s remote northern outpost on Hudson Bay during the late 18th century.
-
A.
Governor William Tryon
Governor William Tryon was an 18th-century British colonial official best known for his controversial governorships of North Carolina and New York and his harsh suppression of colonial dissent.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Governor William Berkeley
Governor William Berkeley was the colonial governor of Virginia best known for his autocratic rule, promotion of the tobacco economy, and central role as the establishment leader opposed during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676.
-
D.
Edward Cornwallis
Edward Cornwallis was an 18th-century British military officer and colonial administrator best known for establishing British rule in Nova Scotia and serving as the first governor of Halifax.
-
E.
Governor General of New France
The Governor General of New France was the French Crown’s highest colonial official in North America, responsible for overseeing military, diplomatic, and administrative affairs in the colony.
- 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_69ad85d33c6c819081d5ac1df13b5680 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbf77d938819095c72a88b5af644a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b38be29b408190a8dba8c8ae2485a4 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b38c6dbfcc8190897d0c12e8ce4416 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b38cf9d8188190adb91671d062a6f9 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.