Triple
T8302742
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mayor of Burnaby |
E194385
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHolder |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William F. Sutherland
William F. Sutherland was a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
|
E727817
|
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: William F. Sutherland | Statement: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, William F. Sutherland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William F. Sutherland Context triple: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, William F. Sutherland]
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A.
Richard K. Sutherland
Richard K. Sutherland was a senior U.S. Army officer who served as General Douglas MacArthur’s chief of staff and key strategist in the Pacific during World War II.
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B.
Charles E. Whittaker
Charles E. Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the late 1950s and early 1960s, known for his often moderate and sometimes conflicted positions on key constitutional issues.
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C.
John H. Ray
John H. Ray was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York in the mid-20th century.
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D.
George E. Pugh
George E. Pugh was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio.
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E.
Paul M. Grist
Paul M. Grist was a local Alabama leader and YMCA director whose community service and conservation efforts led to a state park being named in his honor.
- 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: William F. Sutherland Triple: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, William F. Sutherland]
Generated description
William F. Sutherland was a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William F. Sutherland Target entity description: William F. Sutherland was a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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A.
Richard K. Sutherland
Richard K. Sutherland was a senior U.S. Army officer who served as General Douglas MacArthur’s chief of staff and key strategist in the Pacific during World War II.
-
B.
Charles E. Whittaker
Charles E. Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the late 1950s and early 1960s, known for his often moderate and sometimes conflicted positions on key constitutional issues.
-
C.
John H. Ray
John H. Ray was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York in the mid-20th century.
-
D.
George E. Pugh
George E. Pugh was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio.
-
E.
Paul M. Grist
Paul M. Grist was a local Alabama leader and YMCA director whose community service and conservation efforts led to a state park being named in his honor.
- 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_69cdc6dc4008819084eff0960917494c |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdcc8439cc8190b00ce9b0781d0544 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdcdd1a0c08190aa15e665a38945e7 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:53 p.m.