Triple

T16731566
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Macartney Embassy of 1793 E406603 entity
Predicate includedOfficial P34741 FINISHED
Object James Dinwiddie
James Dinwiddie was a Scottish natural philosopher, lecturer, and scientific instrument maker who accompanied Lord Macartney’s 1793 embassy to China as its science and technology expert.
E1230236 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: James Dinwiddie | Statement: [Macartney Embassy of 1793, includedOfficial, James Dinwiddie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Dinwiddie
Context triple: [Macartney Embassy of 1793, includedOfficial, James Dinwiddie]
  • A. Robert Dinwiddie
    Robert Dinwiddie was an 18th-century British colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Virginia and played a key role in the events leading up to the French and Indian War.
  • B. Alexander Spotswood
    Alexander Spotswood was a colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the early 18th century, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to develop the colony’s frontier.
  • C. William Shirley
    William Shirley was an 18th-century British colonial administrator best known for his role as governor of Massachusetts during King George’s War and the early stages of the French and Indian War.
  • D. James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun
    James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the Covenanter movement and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
  • E. Edward Braddock
    Edward Braddock was an 18th-century British Army general best known for his disastrous defeat during the French and Indian War near present-day Pittsburgh.
  • 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: James Dinwiddie
Triple: [Macartney Embassy of 1793, includedOfficial, James Dinwiddie]
Generated description
James Dinwiddie was a Scottish natural philosopher, lecturer, and scientific instrument maker who accompanied Lord Macartney’s 1793 embassy to China as its science and technology expert.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Dinwiddie
Target entity description: James Dinwiddie was a Scottish natural philosopher, lecturer, and scientific instrument maker who accompanied Lord Macartney’s 1793 embassy to China as its science and technology expert.
  • A. Robert Dinwiddie
    Robert Dinwiddie was an 18th-century British colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Virginia and played a key role in the events leading up to the French and Indian War.
  • B. Alexander Spotswood
    Alexander Spotswood was a colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the early 18th century, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to develop the colony’s frontier.
  • C. William Shirley
    William Shirley was an 18th-century British colonial administrator best known for his role as governor of Massachusetts during King George’s War and the early stages of the French and Indian War.
  • D. James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun
    James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the Covenanter movement and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
  • E. Edward Braddock
    Edward Braddock was an 18th-century British Army general best known for his disastrous defeat during the French and Indian War near present-day Pittsburgh.
  • 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_6a009d4a94688190aabe56c34e8cc2c3 completed May 10, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a009dd925308190a82c6ef014b37333 completed May 10, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a009e9b9874819084060408cdc44d0b completed May 10, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:20 a.m.