Triple
T6855692
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Orange River Sovereignty |
E158135
|
entity |
| Predicate | establishedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sir Harry Smith
Sir Harry Smith was a 19th-century British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his military campaigns in the Napoleonic and colonial wars and for serving as Governor of the Cape Colony.
|
E624497
|
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: Sir Harry Smith | Statement: [Orange River Sovereignty, establishedBy, Sir Harry Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Harry Smith Context triple: [Orange River Sovereignty, establishedBy, Sir Harry Smith]
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A.
Sir Theophilus Shepstone
Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a 19th-century British colonial administrator in South Africa, influential in native affairs and territorial annexations under the British Empire.
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B.
Sir Hugh Evans
Sir Hugh Evans is a comically pedantic Welsh parson in Shakespeare’s *The Merry Wives of Windsor*, known for his distinctive accent and meddling in the play’s romantic intrigues.
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C.
Cecil Harcourt-Smith
Cecil Harcourt-Smith was a British archaeologist and museum director best known for his leadership roles at the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in the early 20th century.
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D.
Sir Reginald Wingate
Sir Reginald Wingate was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his role as Governor-General of the Sudan and Sirdar (commander-in-chief) of the Egyptian Army in the early 20th century.
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E.
Cecil Newton
Cecil Newton is a former American football center best known as the older brother of NFL quarterback Cam Newton.
- 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: Sir Harry Smith Triple: [Orange River Sovereignty, establishedBy, Sir Harry Smith]
Generated description
Sir Harry Smith was a 19th-century British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his military campaigns in the Napoleonic and colonial wars and for serving as Governor of the Cape Colony.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Harry Smith Target entity description: Sir Harry Smith was a 19th-century British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his military campaigns in the Napoleonic and colonial wars and for serving as Governor of the Cape Colony.
-
A.
Sir Theophilus Shepstone
Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a 19th-century British colonial administrator in South Africa, influential in native affairs and territorial annexations under the British Empire.
-
B.
Sir Hugh Evans
Sir Hugh Evans is a comically pedantic Welsh parson in Shakespeare’s *The Merry Wives of Windsor*, known for his distinctive accent and meddling in the play’s romantic intrigues.
-
C.
Cecil Harcourt-Smith
Cecil Harcourt-Smith was a British archaeologist and museum director best known for his leadership roles at the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in the early 20th century.
-
D.
Sir Reginald Wingate
Sir Reginald Wingate was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his role as Governor-General of the Sudan and Sirdar (commander-in-chief) of the Egyptian Army in the early 20th century.
-
E.
Cecil Newton
Cecil Newton is a former American football center best known as the older brother of NFL quarterback Cam Newton.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69c6882fae988190864cbba788c5ebb4 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d86d5a54819088537ada9f8d1105 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c72fdda9cc8190b039f892d046d7af |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c73913cac88190b97db49266b30b23 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c739c4313881909fa14f471db0f923 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 2:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:20 p.m.