Triple
T10084997
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter |
E215196
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entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who served at the court of James I and continued the influential Cecil family’s prominence in Tudor–Stuart politics.
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E842895
|
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 Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter | Statement: [Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, child, William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter Context triple: [Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, child, William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter]
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A.
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, was a powerful English statesman and chief minister to both Elizabeth I and James I, instrumental in shaping late Tudor and early Stuart government and foreign policy.
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B.
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, was a Scottish-born favorite of King James I whose rapid rise at the English court ended in scandal over his involvement in the Overbury murder case.
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C.
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, was an English nobleman, politician, and courtier of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, notable as the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth I’s chief minister William Cecil, Lord Burghley.
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D.
Robert Cecil
Robert Cecil was a British statesman and key architect of the League of Nations, known for his influential work in promoting international peace and cooperation after World War I.
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E.
Lord Burghley
Lord Burghley, also known as David Cecil, was a British Olympic gold-medal hurdler who later became a prominent sports administrator and influential figure in international athletics.
- 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 Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter Triple: [Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, child, William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter]
Generated description
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who served at the court of James I and continued the influential Cecil family’s prominence in Tudor–Stuart politics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter Target entity description: William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, was an English nobleman and politician of the early 17th century who served at the court of James I and continued the influential Cecil family’s prominence in Tudor–Stuart politics.
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A.
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, was a powerful English statesman and chief minister to both Elizabeth I and James I, instrumental in shaping late Tudor and early Stuart government and foreign policy.
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B.
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, was a Scottish-born favorite of King James I whose rapid rise at the English court ended in scandal over his involvement in the Overbury murder case.
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C.
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, was an English nobleman, politician, and courtier of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, notable as the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth I’s chief minister William Cecil, Lord Burghley.
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D.
Robert Cecil
Robert Cecil was a British statesman and key architect of the League of Nations, known for his influential work in promoting international peace and cooperation after World War I.
-
E.
Lord Burghley
Lord Burghley, also known as David Cecil, was a British Olympic gold-medal hurdler who later became a prominent sports administrator and influential figure in international athletics.
- 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_69ca83a1eed081908b2e9580f2ebeea7 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdd044c1ec8190b5b48cdb0584d00c |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2cbd822a08190841e51862e5e1e27 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 8:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d2cd242ed8819097895cb15cbb5d47 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 8:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d2d1204f008190a9349c071c1e8d19 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 9:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9 p.m.