Triple
T8327107
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Prime Minister of Ceylon |
E194979
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHoldersInclude |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
C. P. de Silva (acting)
C. P. de Silva was a prominent Sri Lankan politician who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Ceylon during the mid-20th century.
|
E725231
|
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: C. P. de Silva (acting) | Statement: [Prime Minister of Ceylon, officeHoldersInclude, C. P. de Silva (acting)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. P. de Silva (acting) Context triple: [Prime Minister of Ceylon, officeHoldersInclude, C. P. de Silva (acting)]
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A.
Sir John Kotelawala
Sir John Kotelawala was a Sri Lankan statesman and military officer who served as the country’s third Prime Minister in the 1950s.
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B.
Kumar Dharmasena
Kumar Dharmasena is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who became a prominent elite panel umpire, officiating in major events such as the Cricket World Cup.
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C.
Robert Senanayake
Robert Senanayake was a prominent Sri Lankan businessman and sports administrator, known especially for his leadership of the Ceylon Cricket Association and his role in the country’s early post-independence corporate sphere.
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D.
R. G. Senanayake
R. G. Senanayake was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and cabinet minister known for his role in shaping the country’s post-independence economic and trade policies.
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E.
Constitutional Affairs Minister Colvin R. de Silva
Constitutional Affairs Minister Colvin R. de Silva was a prominent Sri Lankan Marxist politician, lawyer, and key architect of the country’s republican constitutional framework in the early 1970s.
- 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: C. P. de Silva (acting) Triple: [Prime Minister of Ceylon, officeHoldersInclude, C. P. de Silva (acting)]
Generated description
C. P. de Silva was a prominent Sri Lankan politician who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Ceylon during the mid-20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. P. de Silva (acting) Target entity description: C. P. de Silva was a prominent Sri Lankan politician who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Ceylon during the mid-20th century.
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A.
Sir John Kotelawala
Sir John Kotelawala was a Sri Lankan statesman and military officer who served as the country’s third Prime Minister in the 1950s.
-
B.
Kumar Dharmasena
Kumar Dharmasena is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who became a prominent elite panel umpire, officiating in major events such as the Cricket World Cup.
-
C.
Robert Senanayake
Robert Senanayake was a prominent Sri Lankan businessman and sports administrator, known especially for his leadership of the Ceylon Cricket Association and his role in the country’s early post-independence corporate sphere.
-
D.
R. G. Senanayake
R. G. Senanayake was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and cabinet minister known for his role in shaping the country’s post-independence economic and trade policies.
-
E.
Constitutional Affairs Minister Colvin R. de Silva
Constitutional Affairs Minister Colvin R. de Silva was a prominent Sri Lankan Marxist politician, lawyer, and key architect of the country’s republican constitutional framework in the early 1970s.
- 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_69ca82e87f2c8190bdb71ee29dfc642d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7f80ed288190b300e18b9bc58824 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd95b92708819097795498f9ebcdfc |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdab60ec308190a9001f9235e556b4 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdb2e3457c8190a2d0cb6eeb81c9ef |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:56 p.m.