Triple
T10369015
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich |
E244327
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entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Secretary of State for the Northern Department |
E35628
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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 Northern Department | Statement: [John Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, positionHeld, Secretary of State for the Northern Department]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secretary of State for the Northern Department Context triple: [John Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, positionHeld, Secretary of State for the Northern Department]
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A.
Secretary of State for the Northern Department
chosen
The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a senior British government office responsible for foreign and domestic affairs relating mainly to northern Europe and, at times, parts of Britain and Ireland, before being replaced by the modern Foreign Secretary role.
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B.
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
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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C.
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a senior British cabinet post responsible for overseeing both military affairs and the administration of the British Empire’s colonies during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Colonial Secretary
The Colonial Secretary was a senior government official in British colonies responsible for overseeing colonial administration and acting as a key liaison between the colony and the imperial government.
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E.
Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for overseeing the administration and governance of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
- 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_69d381b3e328819094b23b8edcd29b5a |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4e9725fa08190816bedf0acefbc2a |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d79550b2ec8190ada086ddfeb398af |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:01 p.m.