Triple

T10084997
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter E215196 entity
Predicate child P120 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.
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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.