Triple
T3816902
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Under-Secretary of State for India |
E84277
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHeldBy |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Henry Smith
William Henry Smith was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and businessman who rose from running his family’s newsagent firm to holding several senior government posts, including roles in the War Office and Admiralty.
|
E390268
|
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: William Henry Smith | Statement: [Under-Secretary of State for India, officeHeldBy, William Henry Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Smith Context triple: [Under-Secretary of State for India, officeHeldBy, William Henry Smith]
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A.
James Smith
James Smith was a film editor active in early American cinema, known for his work on the 1920 silent drama "Pollyanna."
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B.
Frederick Wallace Smith
Frederick Wallace Smith is an American businessman best known as the founder, chairman, and former CEO of FedEx Corporation.
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C.
Osborne Smith
Osborne Smith was a British banker who became the inaugural Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, overseeing its early monetary and banking operations during the colonial era.
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D.
Frederick Etchells
Frederick Etchells was a British artist, architect, and translator best known for his involvement in the early 20th-century avant-garde, particularly the Vorticist movement.
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E.
William Oldham
William Oldham is an American singer-songwriter and actor best known for his influential indie folk and alt-country music released under the stage name Will Oldham or Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
- 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: William Henry Smith Triple: [Under-Secretary of State for India, officeHeldBy, William Henry Smith]
Generated description
William Henry Smith was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and businessman who rose from running his family’s newsagent firm to holding several senior government posts, including roles in the War Office and Admiralty.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Smith Target entity description: William Henry Smith was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and businessman who rose from running his family’s newsagent firm to holding several senior government posts, including roles in the War Office and Admiralty.
-
A.
James Smith
James Smith was a film editor active in early American cinema, known for his work on the 1920 silent drama "Pollyanna."
-
B.
Frederick Wallace Smith
Frederick Wallace Smith is an American businessman best known as the founder, chairman, and former CEO of FedEx Corporation.
-
C.
Osborne Smith
Osborne Smith was a British banker who became the inaugural Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, overseeing its early monetary and banking operations during the colonial era.
-
D.
Frederick Etchells
Frederick Etchells was a British artist, architect, and translator best known for his involvement in the early 20th-century avant-garde, particularly the Vorticist movement.
-
E.
William Oldham
William Oldham is an American singer-songwriter and actor best known for his influential indie folk and alt-country music released under the stage name Will Oldham or Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
- 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_69aed931f5908190be2c07af66d4df25 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aee8e1852c8190b61c507a7128d4c6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4fb43e1d481909a5b52cae5686179 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4fcec1cf48190aa0b128acb56c089 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4fd4d55248190bf4ef442a9991edf |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:17 p.m.