Triple

T4765201
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Francis Beaufort E105792 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Hydrographer of the Navy
The Hydrographer of the Navy is the senior Royal Navy officer historically responsible for overseeing nautical charting, hydrographic surveying, and related maritime navigation services for the United Kingdom.
 E467802 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: Hydrographer of the Navy | Statement: [Francis Beaufort, positionHeld, Hydrographer of the Navy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hydrographer of the Navy
Context triple: [Francis Beaufort, positionHeld, Hydrographer of the Navy]
  • A. Oceanographer of the Navy
    The Oceanographer of the Navy is a senior U.S. Navy position responsible for providing expertise and leadership in oceanography, meteorology, and related environmental sciences to support naval operations and planning.
  • B. Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
    The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation was a former senior U.S. Navy administrative position responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Chief of Naval Personnel.
  • C. Storekeeper of the Navy
    The Storekeeper of the Navy was a principal administrative officer of the Royal Navy responsible for managing naval stores, supplies, and dockyard inventories.
  • D. Secretary of State of the Navy
    The Secretary of State of the Navy was a senior French government office under the Ancien Régime responsible for directing naval policy, administration, and maritime affairs.
  • E. Inspector of the Navy
    The Inspector of the Navy is the highest-ranking officer and professional head of the German Navy, responsible for its overall command, readiness, and strategic direction.
  • 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: Hydrographer of the Navy
Triple: [Francis Beaufort, positionHeld, Hydrographer of the Navy]
Generated description
The Hydrographer of the Navy is the senior Royal Navy officer historically responsible for overseeing nautical charting, hydrographic surveying, and related maritime navigation services for the United Kingdom.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hydrographer of the Navy
Target entity description: The Hydrographer of the Navy is the senior Royal Navy officer historically responsible for overseeing nautical charting, hydrographic surveying, and related maritime navigation services for the United Kingdom.
  • A. Oceanographer of the Navy
    The Oceanographer of the Navy is a senior U.S. Navy position responsible for providing expertise and leadership in oceanography, meteorology, and related environmental sciences to support naval operations and planning.
  • B. Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
    The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation was a former senior U.S. Navy administrative position responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Chief of Naval Personnel.
  • C. Storekeeper of the Navy
    The Storekeeper of the Navy was a principal administrative officer of the Royal Navy responsible for managing naval stores, supplies, and dockyard inventories.
  • D. Secretary of State of the Navy
    The Secretary of State of the Navy was a senior French government office under the Ancien Régime responsible for directing naval policy, administration, and maritime affairs.
  • E. Inspector of the Navy
    The Inspector of the Navy is the highest-ranking officer and professional head of the German Navy, responsible for its overall command, readiness, and strategic direction.
  • 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_69bd43f226fc8190b867cc249c2a9042 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd65327af48190881c25763232c368 completed March 20, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be3a87741081909380c51ba4efed92 completed March 21, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be3d444b888190b2df7433502604ff completed March 21, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be3dd31c648190bfdac15fb85cfec9 completed March 21, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:21 p.m.