Triple

T1511014
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rena Lalgie E32011 entity
Predicate hasPredecessor P97 FINISHED
Object John Rankin
John Rankin is a British diplomat who previously served as Governor of Bermuda before being succeeded by Rena Lalgie.
E214124 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: John Rankin | Statement: [Rena Lalgie, hasPredecessor, John Rankin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Rankin
Context triple: [Rena Lalgie, hasPredecessor, John Rankin]
  • A. Holland M. Smith
    Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
  • B. Bill Ferguson
    Bill Ferguson is an American Democratic politician who serves as president of the Maryland Senate, representing Baltimore in the state legislature.
  • C. Henry McMaster
    Henry McMaster is an American Republican politician serving as the governor of South Carolina.
  • D. John D. Newsome
    John D. Newsome was an American administrator who oversaw the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal program that employed writers to document U.S. history and culture during the Great Depression.
  • E. James T. Sutherland
    James T. Sutherland was a prominent Canadian hockey executive and historian who played a key role in organizing and promoting the sport, including helping to establish the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  • 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: John Rankin
Triple: [Rena Lalgie, hasPredecessor, John Rankin]
Generated description
John Rankin is a British diplomat who previously served as Governor of Bermuda before being succeeded by Rena Lalgie.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Rankin
Target entity description: John Rankin is a British diplomat who previously served as Governor of Bermuda before being succeeded by Rena Lalgie.
  • A. Holland M. Smith
    Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
  • B. Bill Ferguson
    Bill Ferguson is an American Democratic politician who serves as president of the Maryland Senate, representing Baltimore in the state legislature.
  • C. Henry McMaster
    Henry McMaster is an American Republican politician serving as the governor of South Carolina.
  • D. John D. Newsome
    John D. Newsome was an American administrator who oversaw the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal program that employed writers to document U.S. history and culture during the Great Depression.
  • E. James T. Sutherland
    James T. Sutherland was a prominent Canadian hockey executive and historian who played a key role in organizing and promoting the sport, including helping to establish the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  • 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_69a885e8caf88190a5fbb6159ce87786 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a907d4edd48190a03c85e1a0cc02b1 completed March 5, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adeabea0d88190b0bd83aece8c7b55 completed March 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeea29fd4819099e1ac22b9ce123f completed March 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adef4913608190824764bd79821a7e completed March 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.