Triple
T11699501
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ponsonby family |
E278083
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough
William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish peer and Whig politician who held several high offices, including Postmaster General of Great Britain.
|
E941606
|
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 Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough | Statement: [Ponsonby family, hasMember, William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough Context triple: [Ponsonby family, hasMember, William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough]
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A.
Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough
Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough, was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish peer and politician who became the founder of the Bessborough branch of the prominent Ponsonby family.
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B.
Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough
Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, was an 18th–19th century Anglo-Irish peer and politician, notable as a member of the influential Ponsonby family and the father of the writer Lady Caroline Lamb.
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C.
William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam
William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, was a prominent 19th-century British aristocrat and Liberal politician known for his vast estates, political influence, and philanthropic activities, particularly in Yorkshire.
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D.
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, was a prominent English nobleman, soldier, and politician known for his daring military leadership during the War of the Spanish Succession and his influential role in late 17th- and early 18th-century British politics.
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E.
William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington
William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington, was a British Tory politician and notorious spendthrift of the early 19th century, known for squandering the vast fortune of his heiress wife and for his scandalous personal life.
- 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 Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough Triple: [Ponsonby family, hasMember, William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough]
Generated description
William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish peer and Whig politician who held several high offices, including Postmaster General of Great Britain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough Target entity description: William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish peer and Whig politician who held several high offices, including Postmaster General of Great Britain.
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A.
Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough
Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough, was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish peer and politician who became the founder of the Bessborough branch of the prominent Ponsonby family.
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B.
Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough
Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, was an 18th–19th century Anglo-Irish peer and politician, notable as a member of the influential Ponsonby family and the father of the writer Lady Caroline Lamb.
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C.
William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam
William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, was a prominent 19th-century British aristocrat and Liberal politician known for his vast estates, political influence, and philanthropic activities, particularly in Yorkshire.
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D.
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, was a prominent English nobleman, soldier, and politician known for his daring military leadership during the War of the Spanish Succession and his influential role in late 17th- and early 18th-century British politics.
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E.
William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington
William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington, was a British Tory politician and notorious spendthrift of the early 19th century, known for squandering the vast fortune of his heiress wife and for his scandalous personal life.
- 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_69d6aafe02d881909900d54ad7d4af84 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a47df68c81908a91919a69b4880d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ef833084988190b5004c93f68dc628 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 3:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ef9b673120819097b542bb9a8f8bdb |
completed | April 27, 2026, 5:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69efd683366881909dd9621e7c57d0be |
completed | April 27, 2026, 9:34 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.