Triple

T150647
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whig interpretation of history E3422 entity
Predicate coinedBy P118 FINISHED
Object Herbert Butterfield
Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
E32743 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: Herbert Butterfield | Statement: [Whig interpretation of history, coinedBy, Herbert Butterfield]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Butterfield
Context triple: [Whig interpretation of history, coinedBy, Herbert Butterfield]
  • A. Thomas Curson Hansard
    Thomas Curson Hansard was a 19th-century British printer and publisher best known for producing the official reports of parliamentary debates that came to bear his name.
  • B. Claude Auchinleck
    Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
  • C. Reginald McKenna
    Reginald McKenna was a British Liberal politician who held several senior government posts, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the early 20th century.
  • D. Duff Cooper
    Duff Cooper was a prominent British Conservative politician, diplomat, and writer who served in several key government roles during the first half of the 20th century.
  • E. Hastings Ismay
    Hastings Ismay was a British general and diplomat who became the inaugural Secretary General of NATO, helping to shape the alliance’s early structure and strategy.
  • 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: Herbert Butterfield
Triple: [Whig interpretation of history, coinedBy, Herbert Butterfield]
Generated description
Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Butterfield
Target entity description: Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
  • A. Thomas Curson Hansard
    Thomas Curson Hansard was a 19th-century British printer and publisher best known for producing the official reports of parliamentary debates that came to bear his name.
  • B. Claude Auchinleck
    Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
  • C. Reginald McKenna
    Reginald McKenna was a British Liberal politician who held several senior government posts, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the early 20th century.
  • D. Duff Cooper
    Duff Cooper was a prominent British Conservative politician, diplomat, and writer who served in several key government roles during the first half of the 20th century.
  • E. Hastings Ismay
    Hastings Ismay was a British general and diplomat who became the inaugural Secretary General of NATO, helping to shape the alliance’s early structure and strategy.
  • 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_69a2580dda148190a522e0ac276d5f33 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a37656c324819099761a1d5ae00637 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a376c686048190aec0abd9c6999663 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a377aa34cc81908820a5c970d1ecf6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.