Triple
T5813712
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Whitelaw |
E128932
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland |
E94799
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Statement: [William Whitelaw, positionHeld, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Context triple: [William Whitelaw, positionHeld, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]
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A.
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
chosen
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the UK government minister responsible for overseeing Northern Ireland’s governance, political affairs, and the implementation of the peace process on behalf of the British Cabinet.
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B.
Minister of State for Northern Ireland
The Minister of State for Northern Ireland is a junior ministerial position in the UK government responsible for assisting the Secretary of State in overseeing Northern Ireland’s political, security, and constitutional affairs.
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C.
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the opposition frontbench politician responsible for scrutinising the UK government’s Northern Ireland policy and presenting alternative proposals.
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D.
Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
The Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland is a joint head of the Northern Ireland government who shares executive authority and responsibilities with the First Minister within the power-sharing administration.
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E.
First Minister of Northern Ireland
The First Minister of Northern Ireland is the leading political office in Northern Ireland’s devolved government, jointly heading the power-sharing administration and representing the region’s executive authority.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c0084788848190bcf71f6bc5d71597 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c03360749481908d42fde7a74a754f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c09848dd148190aeea1b1d454b8da5 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:52 p.m.