Triple
T14033463
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gerald Balfour |
E337649
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Balfour |
E387823
|
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: Balfour | Statement: [Gerald Balfour, familyName, Balfour]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Balfour Context triple: [Gerald Balfour, familyName, Balfour]
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A.
Balfour
chosen
Balfour is a Scottish surname historically associated with a prominent family involved in British politics, landownership, and public life.
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B.
Ebenezer Balfour
Ebenezer Balfour is a miserly and treacherous Scottish uncle who serves as a principal antagonist in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Kidnapped."
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C.
Arthur Balfour
Arthur Balfour was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905 and later as Foreign Secretary, notably associated with the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
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D.
Sir Henry Balfour
Sir Henry Balfour was a 17th-century military officer known for his role as a commander during the English Civil War.
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E.
Isaac Bayley Balfour
Isaac Bayley Balfour was a prominent Scottish botanist and academic known for his contributions to plant taxonomy and his tenure as Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
- 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_69d81c6543a48190bd5ba93d7419e797 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de2fac71188190a586049405f1071e |
completed | April 14, 2026, 12:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fbc337a5cc8190953b84255a401ada |
completed | May 6, 2026, 10:39 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:20 p.m.