Triple
T7578854
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Norman Paterson School of International Affairs |
E179431
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Norman Paterson
Norman Paterson was a prominent Canadian businessman and senator whose contributions to public life and philanthropy led to a major school of international affairs being named in his honor.
|
E675033
|
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: Norman Paterson | Statement: [Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, namedAfter, Norman Paterson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Paterson Context triple: [Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, namedAfter, Norman Paterson]
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A.
Georges Vanier
Georges Vanier was a Canadian soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as the 19th Governor General of Canada from 1959 to 1967.
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B.
Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau was the charismatic 15th prime minister of Canada, known for his centralizing federal policies, promotion of bilingualism, and the patriation of the Canadian Constitution with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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C.
Louis St. Laurent
Louis St. Laurent was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957, overseeing a period of postwar prosperity and international engagement.
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D.
John Abbott
John Abbott was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served briefly as the third Prime Minister of Canada in the late 19th century.
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E.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
- 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: Norman Paterson Triple: [Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, namedAfter, Norman Paterson]
Generated description
Norman Paterson was a prominent Canadian businessman and senator whose contributions to public life and philanthropy led to a major school of international affairs being named in his honor.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Paterson Target entity description: Norman Paterson was a prominent Canadian businessman and senator whose contributions to public life and philanthropy led to a major school of international affairs being named in his honor.
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A.
Georges Vanier
Georges Vanier was a Canadian soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as the 19th Governor General of Canada from 1959 to 1967.
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B.
Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau was the charismatic 15th prime minister of Canada, known for his centralizing federal policies, promotion of bilingualism, and the patriation of the Canadian Constitution with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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C.
Louis St. Laurent
Louis St. Laurent was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957, overseeing a period of postwar prosperity and international engagement.
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D.
John Abbott
John Abbott was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served briefly as the third Prime Minister of Canada in the late 19th century.
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E.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
- 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_69c69f327db881909a21ae3b156f8ded |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f97460a481909d61fba555567b66 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8616d87f881909fe23220dc77167c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8625282bc8190bd1eecc13c1d4744 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8630fe8608190afc7b67d9a80240b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:51 p.m.