Triple

T3591970
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Catherine Howard E76045 entity
Predicate uncle P8496 FINISHED
Object Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was a powerful English nobleman and statesman of the Tudor period, prominent as a military commander and influential courtier under Henry VIII.
E371783 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: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk | Statement: [Catherine Howard, uncle, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Context triple: [Catherine Howard, uncle, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk]
  • A. Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
    Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain and Lord High Treasurer under King James I.
  • B. Duke of Norfolk
    The Duke of Norfolk is the premier duke in the peerage of England, traditionally serving as Earl Marshal and holding chief responsibility for state ceremonial occasions.
  • C. Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
    Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, was an English nobleman, soldier, and patron of learning in the late 15th century, noted for his influence at the Yorkist court and his role in the turbulent politics surrounding the Wars of the Roses.
  • D. Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk
    Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, was a younger son of King Edward I of England who became a prominent nobleman and ancestor of later English royal lines in the early 14th century.
  • E. Lord Thomas Howard
    Lord Thomas Howard was an English nobleman and naval commander best known for his leadership role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
  • 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: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Triple: [Catherine Howard, uncle, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk]
Generated description
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was a powerful English nobleman and statesman of the Tudor period, prominent as a military commander and influential courtier under Henry VIII.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Target entity description: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was a powerful English nobleman and statesman of the Tudor period, prominent as a military commander and influential courtier under Henry VIII.
  • A. Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
    Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain and Lord High Treasurer under King James I.
  • B. Duke of Norfolk
    The Duke of Norfolk is the premier duke in the peerage of England, traditionally serving as Earl Marshal and holding chief responsibility for state ceremonial occasions.
  • C. Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
    Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, was an English nobleman, soldier, and patron of learning in the late 15th century, noted for his influence at the Yorkist court and his role in the turbulent politics surrounding the Wars of the Roses.
  • D. Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk
    Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, was a younger son of King Edward I of England who became a prominent nobleman and ancestor of later English royal lines in the early 14th century.
  • E. Lord Thomas Howard
    Lord Thomas Howard was an English nobleman and naval commander best known for his leadership role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
  • 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_69ad85d8042081908af94a04c410dec0 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc15a546481909c72dac80d65e1fb completed March 8, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4030bc5f081908d56edc4ff550d77 completed March 13, 2026, 12:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b403c9f6788190be21ee4c849fba60 completed March 13, 2026, 12:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b40872099c81909bc3531bea77f875 completed March 13, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:22 p.m.