Triple
T8608399
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Butler |
E203860
|
entity |
| Predicate | deathPlace |
P21
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Newark, Upper Canada
Newark, Upper Canada was the early colonial town that served as the first capital of Upper Canada, located on the Niagara River in what is now Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
|
E745738
|
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: Newark, Upper Canada | Statement: [John Butler, deathPlace, Newark, Upper Canada]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Newark, Upper Canada Context triple: [John Butler, deathPlace, Newark, Upper Canada]
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A.
York, Upper Canada
York, Upper Canada was the colonial capital of Upper Canada and a key administrative and military center that later became the city of Toronto.
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B.
Cobourg, Upper Canada
Cobourg, Upper Canada was a 19th-century town in what is now Ontario, Canada, known as an early educational and administrative center in the province.
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C.
Newcastle, Ontario
Newcastle, Ontario is a small community in the municipality of Clarington, Ontario, known historically as a rural village and the early home of the influential Massey family.
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D.
Cobourg
Cobourg is a small town in Ontario, Canada, known for its historic downtown, sandy beach, and picturesque waterfront along Lake Ontario.
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E.
Trenton, Ontario
Trenton, Ontario is a community in southeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Bay of Quinte and known as a key gateway to Prince Edward County and home to the large Canadian Forces Base Trenton.
- 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: Newark, Upper Canada Triple: [John Butler, deathPlace, Newark, Upper Canada]
Generated description
Newark, Upper Canada was the early colonial town that served as the first capital of Upper Canada, located on the Niagara River in what is now Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Newark, Upper Canada Target entity description: Newark, Upper Canada was the early colonial town that served as the first capital of Upper Canada, located on the Niagara River in what is now Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
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A.
York, Upper Canada
York, Upper Canada was the colonial capital of Upper Canada and a key administrative and military center that later became the city of Toronto.
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B.
Cobourg, Upper Canada
Cobourg, Upper Canada was a 19th-century town in what is now Ontario, Canada, known as an early educational and administrative center in the province.
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C.
Newcastle, Ontario
Newcastle, Ontario is a small community in the municipality of Clarington, Ontario, known historically as a rural village and the early home of the influential Massey family.
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D.
Cobourg
Cobourg is a small town in Ontario, Canada, known for its historic downtown, sandy beach, and picturesque waterfront along Lake Ontario.
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E.
Trenton, Ontario
Trenton, Ontario is a community in southeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Bay of Quinte and known as a key gateway to Prince Edward County and home to the large Canadian Forces Base Trenton.
- 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_69ca832c23e4819095a9f3eea4a21828 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc46ec301881908ce148a3f07069fe |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cea909757c819095dd38644c21af33 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cea9d23cc88190b937e89b9aa2bd66 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 5:39 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ceaae76d188190932826c9fd9f7f5f |
completed | April 2, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:25 p.m.