Triple
T8867331
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Samuel Blatchford |
E211050
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Milford Blatchford
Richard Milford Blatchford was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York who served as U.S. Minister to the Papal States and was influential in Whig and early Republican politics.
|
E786232
|
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: Richard Milford Blatchford | Statement: [Samuel Blatchford, father, Richard Milford Blatchford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Milford Blatchford Context triple: [Samuel Blatchford, father, Richard Milford Blatchford]
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A.
John Blatchley
John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
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B.
Kenneth Alexander Blatchford
Kenneth Alexander Blatchford was a prominent Canadian politician and former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, recognized for his contributions to the city’s development.
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C.
Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is a British character actor known for his distinctive features and roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" and various Shakespearean adaptations.
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D.
Edward Douglas Fawcett
Edward Douglas Fawcett was a British philosopher, novelist, and mountaineer known for his works on idealist philosophy and speculative fiction.
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E.
Edward Pritchard Gee
Edward Pritchard Gee was a British naturalist and tea planter in India and Bhutan known for his wildlife surveys and conservation work, particularly in relation to primates such as the golden langur.
- 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: Richard Milford Blatchford Triple: [Samuel Blatchford, father, Richard Milford Blatchford]
Generated description
Richard Milford Blatchford was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York who served as U.S. Minister to the Papal States and was influential in Whig and early Republican politics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Milford Blatchford Target entity description: Richard Milford Blatchford was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York who served as U.S. Minister to the Papal States and was influential in Whig and early Republican politics.
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A.
John Blatchley
John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
-
B.
Kenneth Alexander Blatchford
Kenneth Alexander Blatchford was a prominent Canadian politician and former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, recognized for his contributions to the city’s development.
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C.
Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is a British character actor known for his distinctive features and roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" and various Shakespearean adaptations.
-
D.
Edward Douglas Fawcett
Edward Douglas Fawcett was a British philosopher, novelist, and mountaineer known for his works on idealist philosophy and speculative fiction.
-
E.
Edward Pritchard Gee
Edward Pritchard Gee was a British naturalist and tea planter in India and Bhutan known for his wildlife surveys and conservation work, particularly in relation to primates such as the golden langur.
- 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_69ca838d3c7c8190a849566d5afd2b11 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6108530c819084559f4de669ce20 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0772ba2808190b8b7948a09b8dee5 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0789ce9908190b5771e07f8b91ec0 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d0791194948190ad0f1a3114b9b0ef |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:51 p.m.