Triple

T9509894
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir Theophilus Shepstone E229364 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object William Shepstone
William Shepstone was the son of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, a prominent British South African statesman and colonial administrator in the 19th century.
E229364 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: William Shepstone | Statement: [Sir Theophilus Shepstone, parent, William Shepstone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shepstone
Context triple: [Sir Theophilus Shepstone, parent, William Shepstone]
  • A. Sir Theophilus Shepstone
    Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a 19th-century British colonial administrator in South Africa, influential in native affairs and territorial annexations under the British Empire.
  • B. Henry Bartle Frere
    Henry Bartle Frere was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and diplomat best known for his controversial role as High Commissioner for Southern Africa, including actions that helped precipitate the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • C. Sir Harry Smith
    Sir Harry Smith was a 19th-century British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his military campaigns in the Napoleonic and colonial wars and for serving as Governor of the Cape Colony.
  • D. Cecil Rhodes
    Cecil Rhodes was a British imperialist, businessman, and politician in southern Africa whose wealth and will established the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford.
  • E. Hardwicke Rawnsley
    Hardwicke Rawnsley was a British clergyman, conservationist, and social reformer best known as a co-founder of the National Trust and an early protector of the Lake District’s natural and cultural heritage.
  • 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: William Shepstone
Triple: [Sir Theophilus Shepstone, parent, William Shepstone]
Generated description
William Shepstone was the son of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, a prominent British South African statesman and colonial administrator in the 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shepstone
Target entity description: William Shepstone was the son of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, a prominent British South African statesman and colonial administrator in the 19th century.
  • A. Sir Theophilus Shepstone chosen
    Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a 19th-century British colonial administrator in South Africa, influential in native affairs and territorial annexations under the British Empire.
  • B. Henry Bartle Frere
    Henry Bartle Frere was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and diplomat best known for his controversial role as High Commissioner for Southern Africa, including actions that helped precipitate the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • C. Sir Harry Smith
    Sir Harry Smith was a 19th-century British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his military campaigns in the Napoleonic and colonial wars and for serving as Governor of the Cape Colony.
  • D. Cecil Rhodes
    Cecil Rhodes was a British imperialist, businessman, and politician in southern Africa whose wealth and will established the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford.
  • E. Hardwicke Rawnsley
    Hardwicke Rawnsley was a British clergyman, conservationist, and social reformer best known as a co-founder of the National Trust and an early protector of the Lake District’s natural and cultural heritage.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca847611c48190a28c028644198c75 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9857058881909e0a40e2024a7b4c completed April 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d14c1092bc8190917d71e2b6f62c25 completed April 4, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d14d44b7f08190b66fecb315b37535 completed April 4, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d14e0823e881908ed723d20f14789b completed April 4, 2026, 5:44 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:58 p.m.