Triple

T16742122
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir Shenton Thomas E406858 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas was a British colonial administrator best known for serving as the last Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States during the period leading up to and including the Japanese occupation in World War II.
E1230280 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: Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas | Statement: [Sir Shenton Thomas, name, Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
Context triple: [Sir Shenton Thomas, name, Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas]
  • A. Sir Thomas Prickett
    Sir Thomas Prickett was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during the mid-20th century, playing a key leadership role in Britain's strategic air operations.
  • B. Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
    Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly is a central character in T.S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," serving as a psychiatrist whose probing insights drive the drama’s exploration of personal crisis and spiritual renewal.
  • C. Sir Thomas Barrington
    Sir Thomas Barrington was a 17th-century English Puritan politician and parliamentarian notable for his active role in the opposition to King Charles I during the early stages of the English Civil War.
  • D. Sir William Drysdale
    Sir William Drysdale was a notable bearer of the Drysdale surname, recognized for his prominence and distinction associated with the name.
  • E. Sir Herbert Stewart
    Sir Herbert Stewart was a British Army officer and distinguished Victorian-era commander noted for his leadership in the Sudan campaign.
  • 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: Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
Triple: [Sir Shenton Thomas, name, Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas]
Generated description
Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas was a British colonial administrator best known for serving as the last Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States during the period leading up to and including the Japanese occupation in World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
Target entity description: Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas was a British colonial administrator best known for serving as the last Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States during the period leading up to and including the Japanese occupation in World War II.
  • A. Sir Thomas Prickett
    Sir Thomas Prickett was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during the mid-20th century, playing a key leadership role in Britain's strategic air operations.
  • B. Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
    Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly is a central character in T.S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," serving as a psychiatrist whose probing insights drive the drama’s exploration of personal crisis and spiritual renewal.
  • C. Sir Thomas Barrington
    Sir Thomas Barrington was a 17th-century English Puritan politician and parliamentarian notable for his active role in the opposition to King Charles I during the early stages of the English Civil War.
  • D. Sir William Drysdale
    Sir William Drysdale was a notable bearer of the Drysdale surname, recognized for his prominence and distinction associated with the name.
  • E. Sir Herbert Stewart
    Sir Herbert Stewart was a British Army officer and distinguished Victorian-era commander noted for his leadership in the Sudan campaign.
  • 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_69d8838ffb088190a0b11149929006bf completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e39c3f49808190b543d8da34031f3d completed April 18, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a009d52d88081909695a08d00bd2257 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, 5:21 a.m.