Triple
T3940889
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Francis Fauquier |
E92030
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Blair Sr.
John Blair Sr. was an influential 18th-century Virginia colonial politician and jurist who served on the Governor's Council and briefly acted as governor.
|
E399557
|
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: John Blair Sr. | Statement: [Francis Fauquier, predecessor, John Blair Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Blair Sr. Context triple: [Francis Fauquier, predecessor, John Blair Sr.]
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A.
William Grayson
William Grayson was an American Revolutionary War officer, early U.S. senator from Virginia, and prominent Anti-Federalist critic of the proposed U.S. Constitution.
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B.
Charles Carroll of Annapolis
Charles Carroll of Annapolis was a prominent Maryland planter, lawyer, and colonial politician who played a key role in the colony’s elite society and was the father of Founding Father Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
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C.
William B. Franklin
William B. Franklin was a Union major general in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in several key campaigns and his controversial role in the Army of the Potomac.
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D.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a prominent Maryland planter, lawyer, and statesman who became the only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and later served as a U.S. senator.
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E.
George Wythe
George Wythe was an American Founding Father, renowned legal scholar, and early law professor who mentored leaders like Thomas Jefferson and helped shape the emerging nation’s legal and constitutional foundations.
- 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: John Blair Sr. Triple: [Francis Fauquier, predecessor, John Blair Sr.]
Generated description
John Blair Sr. was an influential 18th-century Virginia colonial politician and jurist who served on the Governor's Council and briefly acted as governor.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Blair Sr. Target entity description: John Blair Sr. was an influential 18th-century Virginia colonial politician and jurist who served on the Governor's Council and briefly acted as governor.
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A.
William Grayson
William Grayson was an American Revolutionary War officer, early U.S. senator from Virginia, and prominent Anti-Federalist critic of the proposed U.S. Constitution.
-
B.
Charles Carroll of Annapolis
Charles Carroll of Annapolis was a prominent Maryland planter, lawyer, and colonial politician who played a key role in the colony’s elite society and was the father of Founding Father Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
-
C.
William B. Franklin
William B. Franklin was a Union major general in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in several key campaigns and his controversial role in the Army of the Potomac.
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D.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a prominent Maryland planter, lawyer, and statesman who became the only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and later served as a U.S. senator.
-
E.
George Wythe
George Wythe was an American Founding Father, renowned legal scholar, and early law professor who mentored leaders like Thomas Jefferson and helped shape the emerging nation’s legal and constitutional foundations.
- 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_69aed965502c8190904ebad1203a4ae8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeedfc88e4819084adefb695b975c5 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b52894cb94819099d023745fcaebbc |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5293c3a0c8190abe1924ecc12dc46 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b529f6a3488190a7a9ae37f71cff56 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:24 p.m.