Triple
T5465144
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Holme |
E122689
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Surveyor General of Pennsylvania
The Surveyor General of Pennsylvania was the chief colonial official responsible for mapping, land surveys, and the management of land distribution in Pennsylvania.
|
E497202
|
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: Surveyor General of Pennsylvania | Statement: [Thomas Holme, positionHeld, Surveyor General of Pennsylvania]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor General of Pennsylvania Context triple: [Thomas Holme, positionHeld, Surveyor General of Pennsylvania]
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A.
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a senior state executive official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining government and corporate records, and administering various regulatory and civic functions within the state.
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B.
Treasurer of Pennsylvania
The Treasurer of Pennsylvania is the elected statewide official responsible for managing the Commonwealth’s finances, including safeguarding public funds, overseeing investments, and processing state payments.
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C.
Thomas Penn
Thomas Penn was an 18th-century proprietor of Pennsylvania and son of William Penn, known for overseeing and profiting from the colony’s expansion and land policies.
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D.
Jeremiah Dixon
Jeremiah Dixon was an 18th-century English surveyor and astronomer best known for jointly establishing the Mason–Dixon line that later came to symbolize the cultural boundary between the northern and southern United States.
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E.
Josiah Snelling
Josiah Snelling was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer best known for commanding and overseeing the construction of the frontier outpost that became Fort Snelling in Minnesota.
- 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: Surveyor General of Pennsylvania Triple: [Thomas Holme, positionHeld, Surveyor General of Pennsylvania]
Generated description
The Surveyor General of Pennsylvania was the chief colonial official responsible for mapping, land surveys, and the management of land distribution in Pennsylvania.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor General of Pennsylvania Target entity description: The Surveyor General of Pennsylvania was the chief colonial official responsible for mapping, land surveys, and the management of land distribution in Pennsylvania.
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A.
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a senior state executive official responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining government and corporate records, and administering various regulatory and civic functions within the state.
-
B.
Treasurer of Pennsylvania
The Treasurer of Pennsylvania is the elected statewide official responsible for managing the Commonwealth’s finances, including safeguarding public funds, overseeing investments, and processing state payments.
-
C.
Thomas Penn
Thomas Penn was an 18th-century proprietor of Pennsylvania and son of William Penn, known for overseeing and profiting from the colony’s expansion and land policies.
-
D.
Jeremiah Dixon
chosen
Jeremiah Dixon was an 18th-century English surveyor and astronomer best known for jointly establishing the Mason–Dixon line that later came to symbolize the cultural boundary between the northern and southern United States.
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E.
Josiah Snelling
Josiah Snelling was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer best known for commanding and overseeing the construction of the frontier outpost that became Fort Snelling in Minnesota.
- F. None of above.
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_69bd4643f16081908d7f29e08096115a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd920590b481909b92091678ff1414 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf488b64d081908163edfff6484f5c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf49ed2e2081908642f700d97943e9 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf4abbf2488190a30dd222d0de0470 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.