Triple
T9702077
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Englishman and His History |
E234800
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Herbert Butterfield |
E32743
|
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: Herbert Butterfield | Statement: [The Englishman and His History, author, Herbert Butterfield]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Butterfield Context triple: [The Englishman and His History, author, Herbert Butterfield]
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A.
Herbert Butterfield
chosen
Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
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B.
Louis Trevelyan
Louis Trevelyan is the increasingly jealous and obsessive central figure of Anthony Trollope’s novel "He Knew He Was Right," whose suspicions and stubborn pride lead to the destruction of his marriage and happiness.
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C.
Nicholas Vansittart
Nicholas Vansittart was a British Tory politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer during the early 19th century, becoming one of the longest-serving holders of that office.
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D.
R. A. Butler
R. A. Butler was a prominent mid-20th-century British Conservative politician and reformer, noted for shaping postwar social and educational policy and helping define the party’s moderate, consensus-driven direction.
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E.
Sir John H. Plumb
Sir John H. Plumb was a prominent 20th-century British historian renowned for his influential works on 18th-century Britain and his role in shaping modern historical scholarship.
- 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_69ca84cc78808190a56f3402b7c139a7 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9d7283188190bd50e18f643ad0d3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1d59e0c8c8190888b56d75f9ba2c2 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:18 p.m.