Triple

T16731563
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Macartney Embassy of 1793 E406603 entity
Predicate includedOfficial P34741 FINISHED
Object Thomas Staunton
Thomas Staunton was a British official and interpreter who served on Lord Macartney’s 1793 embassy to China, notable for his fluency in Chinese and role in early Sino-British relations.
 E1232062 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: Thomas Staunton | Statement: [Macartney Embassy of 1793, includedOfficial, Thomas Staunton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Staunton
Context triple: [Macartney Embassy of 1793, includedOfficial, Thomas Staunton]
  • A. Robert Strange
    Robert Strange was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
  • B. George Staunton
    George Staunton is a central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Heart of Midlothian," known for his complex, morally ambiguous role that intertwines crime, guilt, and redemption.
  • C. Raleigh St. Clair
    Raleigh St. Clair is a mild-mannered neurologist and academic in "The Royal Tenenbaums," known for his reserved demeanor and troubled marriage to Margot Tenenbaum.
  • D. George Noble
    George Noble was a historical figure associated with physicist Frederick Thomas Trouton, likely as a collaborator or colleague in scientific research.
  • E. William Stewart
    William Stewart was an individual significant enough in regional history or exploration that the Stewart River in Canada was named in his honor.
  • 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: Thomas Staunton
Triple: [Macartney Embassy of 1793, includedOfficial, Thomas Staunton]
Generated description
Thomas Staunton was a British official and interpreter who served on Lord Macartney’s 1793 embassy to China, notable for his fluency in Chinese and role in early Sino-British relations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Staunton
Target entity description: Thomas Staunton was a British official and interpreter who served on Lord Macartney’s 1793 embassy to China, notable for his fluency in Chinese and role in early Sino-British relations.
  • A. Robert Strange
    Robert Strange was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
  • B. George Staunton
    George Staunton is a central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Heart of Midlothian," known for his complex, morally ambiguous role that intertwines crime, guilt, and redemption.
  • C. Raleigh St. Clair
    Raleigh St. Clair is a mild-mannered neurologist and academic in "The Royal Tenenbaums," known for his reserved demeanor and troubled marriage to Margot Tenenbaum.
  • D. George Noble
    George Noble was a historical figure associated with physicist Frederick Thomas Trouton, likely as a collaborator or colleague in scientific research.
  • E. William Stewart
    William Stewart was an individual significant enough in regional history or exploration that the Stewart River in Canada was named in his honor.
  • 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_69d8838f242881908abd8bc138795886 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e39c362bb88190921fab43d76c3ee8 completed April 18, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00a519a89081909456bb6fc25d9234 completed May 10, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00a5c4e934819088db49d81be154c3 completed May 10, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00a6b84d288190aeccb06745146b80 completed May 10, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:20 a.m.