Triple
T7255404
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vassall |
E157705
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Vassall
John Vassall was a British civil servant who became notorious as a Soviet spy during the Cold War after being blackmailed over his homosexuality.
|
E655672
|
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: John Vassall | Statement: [Vassall, hasNotableBearer, John Vassall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Vassall Context triple: [Vassall, hasNotableBearer, John Vassall]
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A.
William Vassall
William Vassall was a 17th-century English colonial figure and early settler in Massachusetts known for his opposition to the Puritan theocracy and advocacy of religious tolerance.
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B.
John Vassall Jr.
John Vassall Jr. was an 18th-century Loyalist landowner in colonial Massachusetts whose former mansion later became the Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site.
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C.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
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D.
Richard Bellingham
Richard Bellingham was a 17th-century colonial magistrate and politician who served multiple terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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E.
Samuel Vetch
Samuel Vetch was a Scottish-born colonial governor and military leader in early 18th-century Nova Scotia, notable for his role in British campaigns against French Acadia.
- 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: John Vassall Triple: [Vassall, hasNotableBearer, John Vassall]
Generated description
John Vassall was a British civil servant who became notorious as a Soviet spy during the Cold War after being blackmailed over his homosexuality.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Vassall Target entity description: John Vassall was a British civil servant who became notorious as a Soviet spy during the Cold War after being blackmailed over his homosexuality.
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A.
William Vassall
William Vassall was a 17th-century English colonial figure and early settler in Massachusetts known for his opposition to the Puritan theocracy and advocacy of religious tolerance.
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B.
John Vassall Jr.
John Vassall Jr. was an 18th-century Loyalist landowner in colonial Massachusetts whose former mansion later became the Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site.
-
C.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
-
D.
Richard Bellingham
Richard Bellingham was a 17th-century colonial magistrate and politician who served multiple terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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E.
Samuel Vetch
Samuel Vetch was a Scottish-born colonial governor and military leader in early 18th-century Nova Scotia, notable for his role in British campaigns against French Acadia.
- 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_69c6882d81d4819085f7ff862951ee4f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6eaa0c76c81909fe43ed6938a13ea |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7e523149481909bbc7dd88046e8b0 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 2:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7e634d06c819097634bc46c4fb34a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 2:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7e748e0308190b200acc781af5a92 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:56 p.m.