Triple

T4199156

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Colonial Secretary of New South Wales	`E86023`	entity
Predicate	officeHolderTitle	`P3342`	FINISHED
Object	Colonial Secretary The Colonial Secretary was a senior government official in British colonies responsible for overseeing colonial administration and acting as a key liaison between the colony and the imperial government.	`E420445`	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: Colonial Secretary | Statement: [Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, officeHolderTitle, Colonial Secretary]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Colonial Secretary
Context triple: [Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, officeHolderTitle, Colonial Secretary]

A. Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for overseeing the administration and governance of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
B. Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior British government ministerial post responsible for assisting in the administration and oversight of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
C. Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a senior British cabinet post responsible for managing political and constitutional relations between the United Kingdom and its self-governing Dominions within the British Empire and Commonwealth.
D. Colonial Secretary of Tasmania
The Colonial Secretary of Tasmania was a senior government official in the colonial administration responsible for overseeing internal affairs and acting as a key executive authority before the establishment of the modern premiership.
E. Colonial Secretary of Victoria
The Colonial Secretary of Victoria was a senior ministerial position in the colonial government of Victoria responsible for internal administration and key executive functions before the establishment of the modern premiership.
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: Colonial Secretary
Triple: [Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, officeHolderTitle, Colonial Secretary]

Generated description

The Colonial Secretary was a senior government official in British colonies responsible for overseeing colonial administration and acting as a key liaison between the colony and the imperial government.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Colonial Secretary
Target entity description: The Colonial Secretary was a senior government official in British colonies responsible for overseeing colonial administration and acting as a key liaison between the colony and the imperial government.

A. Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for overseeing the administration and governance of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
B. Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior British government ministerial post responsible for assisting in the administration and oversight of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
C. Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a senior British cabinet post responsible for managing political and constitutional relations between the United Kingdom and its self-governing Dominions within the British Empire and Commonwealth.
D. Colonial Secretary of Tasmania
The Colonial Secretary of Tasmania was a senior government official in the colonial administration responsible for overseeing internal affairs and acting as a key executive authority before the establishment of the modern premiership.
E. Colonial Secretary of Victoria
The Colonial Secretary of Victoria was a senior ministerial position in the colonial government of Victoria responsible for internal administration and key executive functions before the establishment of the modern premiership.
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_69aed93b89f48190a31f6d57c760e42f`	completed	March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69af036243b4819097efe6b796823cd9`	completed	March 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b58a12c11481908033229ecf90c9f9`	completed	March 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b58e053adc8190909d92de845dd6df`	completed	March 14, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b58f219a708190af631335027532e3`	completed	March 14, 2026, 4:38 p.m.

Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:48 p.m.