Triple
T4241442
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Andy Coulson |
E95420
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Downing Street Director of Communications |
E58651
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Downing Street Director of Communications | Statement: [Andy Coulson, positionHeld, Downing Street Director of Communications]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Downing Street Director of Communications Context triple: [Andy Coulson, positionHeld, Downing Street Director of Communications]
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A.
Downing Street Press Secretary
chosen
The Downing Street Press Secretary is the senior communications official responsible for briefing the media and managing public messaging on behalf of the UK Prime Minister and government.
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B.
Downing Street Chief of Staff
The Downing Street Chief of Staff is a senior political aide who oversees the Prime Minister’s private office and coordinates government strategy and communications at the heart of the UK executive.
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C.
Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Minister for the Cabinet Office is a senior UK government minister responsible for overseeing the effective running of the government, including cross-departmental coordination, public sector reform, and major projects.
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D.
Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office
The Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office is the most senior civil servant leading the UK Cabinet Office, responsible for overseeing its administration and supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet in implementing government policy.
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E.
Prime Minister’s Private Office
The Prime Minister’s Private Office is the core administrative and advisory unit that supports the UK Prime Minister’s daily work, coordination, and decision-making within government.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69b3453d91548190b4d4ef8fe52aa2ac |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34e87c9d88190a093b1289df5b974 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5a86fe7708190a64ba187fb302c9a |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:05 p.m.