Triple

T4023148
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Governor of the Straits Settlements E91324 entity
Predicate firstHolder P291 FINISHED
Object Robert Fullerton
Robert Fullerton was a British colonial administrator best known as the inaugural Governor of the Straits Settlements in the early 19th century.
E406857 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: Robert Fullerton | Statement: [Governor of the Straits Settlements, firstHolder, Robert Fullerton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Fullerton
Context triple: [Governor of the Straits Settlements, firstHolder, Robert Fullerton]
  • A. John Fairbanks
    John Fairbanks is a notable member of the prominent Fairbanks family, recognized for his association with the family's historical and social legacy.
  • B. Broderick Crawford
    Broderick Crawford was an American actor best known for his Academy Award-winning role in the film "All the King's Men" and for starring in the television series "Highway Patrol."
  • C. Joseph Holt
    Joseph Holt was an Irish rebel leader and guerrilla commander who played a prominent role in the 1798 uprising against British rule.
  • D. Joseph Borden McKean
    Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
  • E. Hamilton MacFadden
    Hamilton MacFadden was an American film director and actor active in early Hollywood, known for his work in the 1930s studio system.
  • 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: Robert Fullerton
Triple: [Governor of the Straits Settlements, firstHolder, Robert Fullerton]
Generated description
Robert Fullerton was a British colonial administrator best known as the inaugural Governor of the Straits Settlements in the early 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Fullerton
Target entity description: Robert Fullerton was a British colonial administrator best known as the inaugural Governor of the Straits Settlements in the early 19th century.
  • A. John Fairbanks
    John Fairbanks is a notable member of the prominent Fairbanks family, recognized for his association with the family's historical and social legacy.
  • B. Broderick Crawford
    Broderick Crawford was an American actor best known for his Academy Award-winning role in the film "All the King's Men" and for starring in the television series "Highway Patrol."
  • C. Joseph Holt
    Joseph Holt was an Irish rebel leader and guerrilla commander who played a prominent role in the 1798 uprising against British rule.
  • D. Joseph Borden McKean
    Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
  • E. Hamilton MacFadden
    Hamilton MacFadden was an American film director and actor active in early Hollywood, known for his work in the 1930s studio system.
  • 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_69aed9618b04819081750d979d2af098 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeface7a788190a0e4e549a6816f91 completed March 9, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54c82a33881908eb1b53331b10791 completed March 14, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54d41fa008190972411203c8a07f2 completed March 14, 2026, 11:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54deeeac881909cc951927e51111f completed March 14, 2026, noon
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:35 p.m.