Triple

T148537
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Samuel Pepys E3381 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board
The Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board was a senior administrative officer responsible for managing the records, correspondence, and day-to-day bureaucratic operations of the English Royal Navy’s governing body in the 17th century.
E17850 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: Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board | Statement: [Samuel Pepys, positionHeld, Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board
Context triple: [Samuel Pepys, positionHeld, Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board]
  • A. Treasurer of the Navy
    The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
  • B. Under Secretary of the Navy
    The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Navy, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day management, policy implementation, and major programs.
  • C. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition
    The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition is a senior civilian official responsible for overseeing the Navy’s and Marine Corps’ research, development, procurement, and lifecycle management of weapons systems and technologies.
  • D. Secretary of the Navy
    The Secretary of the Navy is the U.S. civilian government official responsible for overseeing the Department of the Navy, including the Navy and Marine Corps, and managing their policies, resources, and operations.
  • E. Board of Admiralty
    The Board of Admiralty was the British government body responsible for directing the Royal Navy and naval affairs until its functions were absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.
  • 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: Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board
Triple: [Samuel Pepys, positionHeld, Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board]
Generated description
The Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board was a senior administrative officer responsible for managing the records, correspondence, and day-to-day bureaucratic operations of the English Royal Navy’s governing body in the 17th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board
Target entity description: The Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board was a senior administrative officer responsible for managing the records, correspondence, and day-to-day bureaucratic operations of the English Royal Navy’s governing body in the 17th century.
  • A. Treasurer of the Navy
    The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
  • B. Under Secretary of the Navy
    The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Navy, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day management, policy implementation, and major programs.
  • C. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition
    The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition is a senior civilian official responsible for overseeing the Navy’s and Marine Corps’ research, development, procurement, and lifecycle management of weapons systems and technologies.
  • D. Secretary of the Navy
    The Secretary of the Navy is the U.S. civilian government official responsible for overseeing the Department of the Navy, including the Navy and Marine Corps, and managing their policies, resources, and operations.
  • E. Board of Admiralty
    The Board of Admiralty was the British government body responsible for directing the Royal Navy and naval affairs until its functions were absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.
  • 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_69a252868de4819080e21c9938bfe8b6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257ecb6f48190992c4c8ca908a81c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2c52df3b48190960c53fd872ff897 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2c5a7925481909fa398453451a126 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2c60ae5108190b735939eac69e11a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.