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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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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.
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B.
predecessorAsPrimeMinister
Indicates that one person previously held the office of Prime Minister immediately before another person.
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C.
hasFormerLeader
Indicates that an entity previously held the role of leader of another entity but no longer does.
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D.
succeededByPrimeMinister
Indicates that one prime minister directly follows another in office as their immediate successor.
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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.