Triple
T6553207
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Stevenson |
E152377
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board |
E76520
|
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: Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board | Statement: [Robert Stevenson, positionHeld, Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board Context triple: [Robert Stevenson, positionHeld, Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board]
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A.
Northern Lighthouse Board (lighthouse and some land)
chosen
The Northern Lighthouse Board (lighthouse and some land) is the statutory authority responsible for operating and maintaining lighthouses and other marine navigation aids in Scotland and the Isle of Man.
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B.
Surveyor of the Port of Salem
Surveyor of the Port of Salem was a mid-19th-century U.S. customs post in Salem, Massachusetts, overseeing the inspection and regulation of maritime trade.
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C.
Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission
The Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission is a cross-border body on the island of Ireland responsible for the management and development of key marine and inland waterways, including fisheries and navigational aids, in the Foyle and Carlingford areas.
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D.
Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation was a former senior U.S. Navy administrative position responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Chief of Naval Personnel.
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E.
French Commission of Lighthouses
The French Commission of Lighthouses was a 19th-century governmental body responsible for overseeing the design, improvement, and standardization of lighthouse technology and coastal illumination in France.
- 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_69c688058d6881908c19b309cc55dbfa |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6ae0847d88190b38f9d7dba0faae1 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6cb8041d081909cd64dab7ccbd035 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:51 p.m.