Triple
T91223
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Pitt the Elder |
E1832
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Secretary of State for the Southern Department |
E9384
|
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: Secretary of State for the Southern Department | Statement: [William Pitt the Elder, positionHeld, Secretary of State for the Southern Department]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secretary of State for the Southern Department Context triple: [William Pitt the Elder, positionHeld, Secretary of State for the Southern Department]
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A.
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
chosen
The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a principal British cabinet position responsible for foreign and domestic affairs in southern England, Ireland, and parts of the British Empire until it was reorganized in the late 18th century.
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B.
Secretary of State for War
The Secretary of State for War was a senior British government minister responsible for overseeing the administration, organization, and policy of the British Army before the role was abolished and its functions absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.
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C.
Secretary of War
The Secretary of War was a former U.S. Cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the Army and managing the nation’s military affairs before the creation of the Department of Defense.
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D.
Treasurer of the Navy
The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
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E.
First Lord of the Admiralty
The First Lord of the Admiralty was the British Cabinet minister historically responsible for overseeing the Royal Navy and naval policy before the role was absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.
- 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_69a24d1a97dc819094e6c021fe9b05a7 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:04 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24f6c29888190890caa7872d63ac6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a275e4880c81908f39d69fbeb8f61a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:07 a.m.