Triple
T6915608
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Malcolm MacDonald |
E160043
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs |
E88145
|
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 Dominion Affairs | Statement: [Malcolm MacDonald, positionHeld, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Context triple: [Malcolm MacDonald, positionHeld, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs]
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A.
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
chosen
The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a senior British cabinet post responsible for managing political and constitutional relations between the United Kingdom and its self-governing Dominions within the British Empire and Commonwealth.
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B.
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
The Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for managing the United Kingdom’s political and diplomatic relations with the countries of the Commonwealth.
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C.
Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for overseeing the administration and governance of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
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D.
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior British government ministerial post responsible for assisting in the administration and oversight of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
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E.
Colonial Secretary
The Colonial Secretary was a senior government official in British colonies responsible for overseeing colonial administration and acting as a key liaison between the colony and the imperial government.
- 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_69c6883ab1008190a07129ff06f625d9 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d9dec058819094d1913a1e5218c0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7491589c08190982a84f2b61b497b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:26 p.m.