Triple
T8571033
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Markham, Ontario |
E202924
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Markham |
E202924
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Markham | Statement: [Markham, Ontario, namedAfter, William Markham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Markham Context triple: [Markham, Ontario, namedAfter, William Markham]
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A.
William Markham
chosen
William Markham was a historical figure significant enough in Canadian or local history that the city of Markham, Ontario, was named in his honor.
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B.
John Giffard
John Giffard was a medieval nobleman and military figure associated with the construction and lordship of Carreg Cennen Castle in Wales.
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C.
Henry Spelman
Henry Spelman was a member of the prominent Spelman family of the 19th century, related to philanthropist Laura Spelman Rockefeller.
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D.
William Dugdale
William Dugdale was a 17th-century English antiquary and herald best known for his extensive historical and genealogical works on England’s counties and nobility.
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E.
John Aislabie
John Aislabie was an early 18th-century British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer whose career was ruined by his central role in the financial scandal surrounding the South Sea Company.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca8327b0a881908606ff860713964d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbea4223888190a56d9026ae0b9ec0 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce8983bd3c819094457b5160bc928d |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:21 p.m.