Triple

T4023149
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Governor of the Straits Settlements E91324 entity
Predicate lastHolder P3710 FINISHED
Object Sir Shenton Thomas
Sir Shenton Thomas was a British colonial administrator best known as the last Governor of the Straits Settlements, serving during the tumultuous period that included the Japanese invasion in World War II.
E406858 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: Sir Shenton Thomas | Statement: [Governor of the Straits Settlements, lastHolder, Sir Shenton Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Shenton Thomas
Context triple: [Governor of the Straits Settlements, lastHolder, Sir Shenton Thomas]
  • A. Gerald Templer
    Gerald Templer was a British field marshal best known for his leadership in counterinsurgency and colonial military campaigns, particularly in Southeast Asia.
  • B. Lionel Wigram
    Lionel Wigram is a British film producer and screenwriter known for his work on major studio films such as the Sherlock Holmes series and various Warner Bros. productions.
  • C. Sir Frank Leslie Walcott
    Sir Frank Leslie Walcott was a prominent Barbadian trade union leader and politician who played a key role in advancing workers’ rights and social reform in Barbados.
  • D. Sir Thomas Brock
    Sir Thomas Brock was a prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century British sculptor best known for his grand public monuments and statues, including major works in London.
  • E. Guy Simonds
    Guy Simonds was a prominent Canadian general of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of Canadian forces in major Northwest Europe campaigns.
  • 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: Sir Shenton Thomas
Triple: [Governor of the Straits Settlements, lastHolder, Sir Shenton Thomas]
Generated description
Sir Shenton Thomas was a British colonial administrator best known as the last Governor of the Straits Settlements, serving during the tumultuous period that included the Japanese invasion in World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Shenton Thomas
Target entity description: Sir Shenton Thomas was a British colonial administrator best known as the last Governor of the Straits Settlements, serving during the tumultuous period that included the Japanese invasion in World War II.
  • A. Gerald Templer
    Gerald Templer was a British field marshal best known for his leadership in counterinsurgency and colonial military campaigns, particularly in Southeast Asia.
  • B. Lionel Wigram
    Lionel Wigram is a British film producer and screenwriter known for his work on major studio films such as the Sherlock Holmes series and various Warner Bros. productions.
  • C. Sir Frank Leslie Walcott
    Sir Frank Leslie Walcott was a prominent Barbadian trade union leader and politician who played a key role in advancing workers’ rights and social reform in Barbados.
  • D. Sir Thomas Brock
    Sir Thomas Brock was a prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century British sculptor best known for his grand public monuments and statues, including major works in London.
  • E. Guy Simonds
    Guy Simonds was a prominent Canadian general of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of Canadian forces in major Northwest Europe campaigns.
  • 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.