Triple

T8302737
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mayor of Burnaby E194385 entity
Predicate officeHolder P537 FINISHED
Object Robert Cromie
Robert Cromie is a Canadian municipal politician who has served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
 E754195 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: Robert Cromie | Statement: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, Robert Cromie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Cromie
Context triple: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, Robert Cromie]
  • A. Hugh McDevitt
    Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
  • B. John Dolman
    John Dolman was an English clergyman and benefactor of the late 16th century best known for establishing Pocklington School in Yorkshire.
  • C. David Semple
    David Semple was a British bacteriologist best known for developing an early anti-rabies vaccine while serving in the Indian Medical Service.
  • D. Paul Ferroll
    Paul Ferroll is a mid-19th-century psychological crime novel by Caroline Clive, notable for its early and unconventional portrayal of a seemingly respectable man who has committed murder.
  • E. Robert McCallister
    Robert McCallister is a fictional U.S. senator and presidential hopeful on the television drama "Brothers & Sisters," known for his complex political career and relationship with Kitty Walker.
  • 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: Robert Cromie
Triple: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, Robert Cromie]
Generated description
Robert Cromie is a Canadian municipal politician who has served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Cromie
Target entity description: Robert Cromie is a Canadian municipal politician who has served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
  • A. Hugh McDevitt
    Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
  • B. John Dolman
    John Dolman was an English clergyman and benefactor of the late 16th century best known for establishing Pocklington School in Yorkshire.
  • C. David Semple
    David Semple was a British bacteriologist best known for developing an early anti-rabies vaccine while serving in the Indian Medical Service.
  • D. Paul Ferroll
    Paul Ferroll is a mid-19th-century psychological crime novel by Caroline Clive, notable for its early and unconventional portrayal of a seemingly respectable man who has committed murder.
  • E. Robert McCallister
    Robert McCallister is a fictional U.S. senator and presidential hopeful on the television drama "Brothers & Sisters," known for his complex political career and relationship with Kitty Walker.
  • 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_69ca82e613e88190bf8139669bbd0d53 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7e8a45348190a7895b33abcb64c9 completed March 31, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf422648208190beaa6eaef4173f21 completed April 3, 2026, 4:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf43bd0f8c8190be2f7dc86f1e76e1 completed April 3, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf444c9cb08190a37f34faa4a3458d completed April 3, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:53 p.m.