Triple

T520391
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Cameron E10801 entity
Predicate precededByAsConservativeLeader P8479 FINISHED
Object Michael Howard
Michael Howard is a British Conservative politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the early 2000s.
E66634 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Michael Howard | Statement: [David Cameron, precededByAsConservativeLeader, Michael Howard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Howard
Context triple: [David Cameron, precededByAsConservativeLeader, Michael Howard]
  • A. William Hague
    William Hague is a British Conservative politician and former Foreign Secretary who also served as Leader of the Opposition and held several senior cabinet posts.
  • B. David Hoyle
    David Hoyle is a senior Church of England cleric who serves as the Dean of Westminster, overseeing major national religious ceremonies at Westminster Abbey.
  • C. Norman Lamont
    Norman Lamont is a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Prime Minister John Major in the early 1990s.
  • D. Walter Parks Thatcher
    Walter Parks Thatcher is a wealthy, conservative banker and guardian in the film "Citizen Kane," serving as a symbol of financial power and authority over Charles Foster Kane’s early life.
  • E. Michael Portillo
    Michael Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician known for his cabinet roles in the 1990s and his popular railway travel television series.
  • 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: Michael Howard
Triple: [David Cameron, precededByAsConservativeLeader, Michael Howard]
Generated description
Michael Howard is a British Conservative politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the early 2000s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Howard
Target entity description: Michael Howard is a British Conservative politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the early 2000s.
  • A. William Hague
    William Hague is a British Conservative politician and former Foreign Secretary who also served as Leader of the Opposition and held several senior cabinet posts.
  • B. David Hoyle
    David Hoyle is a senior Church of England cleric who serves as the Dean of Westminster, overseeing major national religious ceremonies at Westminster Abbey.
  • C. Norman Lamont
    Norman Lamont is a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Prime Minister John Major in the early 1990s.
  • D. Walter Parks Thatcher
    Walter Parks Thatcher is a wealthy, conservative banker and guardian in the film "Citizen Kane," serving as a symbol of financial power and authority over Charles Foster Kane’s early life.
  • E. Michael Portillo
    Michael Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician known for his cabinet roles in the 1990s and his popular railway travel television series.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: precededByAsConservativeLeader
Context triple: [David Cameron, precededByAsConservativeLeader, Michael Howard]
  • A. precededByInPosition:Leader of the Opposition chosen
    Indicates that one entity previously held the position of Leader of the Opposition immediately before another entity in a sequence of officeholders.
  • B. predecessorAsPrimeMinister
    Indicates that one person previously held the office of Prime Minister immediately before another person.
  • C. hasFormerLeader
    Indicates that an entity previously held the role of leader of another entity but no longer does.
  • D. succeededByPrimeMinister
    Indicates that one prime minister directly follows another in office as their immediate successor.
  • E. precededByInPosition:Leader of the Labour Party
    Indicates that one entity previously held the position of Leader of the Labour Party immediately before another entity in the sequence of officeholders.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2e84b16c4819088d284c47c3a7968 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f1a00a6c8190a62dc7c901c2f2ff completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4b8a96a188190b7a6be463de3d736 completed March 1, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4baa85b9881908f0a9373f06ed748 completed March 1, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4bb9d75288190b8c68db7bfe59c1d completed March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2f016ba5c81909825b04e7525b4ab completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.