Triple
T5345151
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills |
E124035
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstSecretaryOfState |
P63147
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Denham
John Denham is a British Labour politician who served in senior ministerial roles, including overseeing higher education and innovation policy in the UK government.
|
E518087
|
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: John Denham | Statement: [Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, firstSecretaryOfState, John Denham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Denham Context triple: [Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, firstSecretaryOfState, John Denham]
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A.
Jonathan Hales
Jonathan Hales is a British screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay of "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones" and for his work on the "Young Indiana Jones" television series.
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B.
Graham Baldwin
Graham Baldwin is a British academic and university leader who serves as the vice-chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire.
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C.
John Hadden
John Hadden is a theater artist and director best known as a co-founder of the Shakespeare & Company theater troupe.
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D.
Chris Haywood
Chris Haywood is an Australian actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre since the 1970s.
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E.
Billy Hutchinson
Billy Hutchinson is a Northern Irish loyalist politician and former paramilitary member who became a prominent leader of the Progressive Unionist Party.
- 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: John Denham Triple: [Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, firstSecretaryOfState, John Denham]
Generated description
John Denham is a British Labour politician who served in senior ministerial roles, including overseeing higher education and innovation policy in the UK government.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Denham Target entity description: John Denham is a British Labour politician who served in senior ministerial roles, including overseeing higher education and innovation policy in the UK government.
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A.
Jonathan Hales
Jonathan Hales is a British screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay of "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones" and for his work on the "Young Indiana Jones" television series.
-
B.
Graham Baldwin
Graham Baldwin is a British academic and university leader who serves as the vice-chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire.
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C.
John Hadden
John Hadden is a theater artist and director best known as a co-founder of the Shakespeare & Company theater troupe.
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D.
Chris Haywood
Chris Haywood is an Australian actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre since the 1970s.
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E.
Billy Hutchinson
Billy Hutchinson is a Northern Irish loyalist politician and former paramilitary member who became a prominent leader of the Progressive Unionist Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstSecretaryOfState Context triple: [Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, firstSecretaryOfState, John Denham]
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A.
formerFirstSecretary
Indicates that the subject previously held, but no longer holds, the position of First Secretary in relation to the object.
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B.
firstSecretaryGeneral
Indicates that the subject is the first person to hold the position of secretary general of the specified organization or body.
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C.
firstSecretaryTitle
Indicates the official title held by the person serving as the first secretary in a given organization or context.
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D.
precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
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E.
succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
Indicates that one individual was followed in the role of Secretary of State by another individual, who took over the office after them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69bd464be27081908807b40b75c1bbae |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd85ea5e748190a9943de794e5c1ec |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf33395b248190a1552288a3d5213c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf3738aac48190a84954b98e896208 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf378616788190b2961ddff189e7fc |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:27 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69bd845a62b081909782863865b257a9 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:31 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69bd85e69e808190b29548670fd2900a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.