Triple
T17009484
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British South Africa Company forces |
E412659
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCommander |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Major Patrick Forbes
Major Patrick Forbes was a British military officer best known for leading British South Africa Company forces during colonial campaigns in southern Africa.
|
E1244591
|
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: Major Patrick Forbes | Statement: [British South Africa Company forces, notableCommander, Major Patrick Forbes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major Patrick Forbes Context triple: [British South Africa Company forces, notableCommander, Major Patrick Forbes]
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A.
Major Charles Dowling
Major Charles Dowling was a British intelligence officer and member of the Cairo Gang, the undercover group targeted and largely assassinated by the IRA in Dublin on Bloody Sunday in 1920.
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B.
Major Roger Healey
Major Roger Healey is the bumbling yet loyal Air Force officer and best friend of astronaut Tony Nelson on the classic sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie."
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C.
Major Ronald Ferguson
Major Ronald Ferguson was a British Army officer and polo manager best known as the father of Sarah, Duchess of York, and maternal grandfather of Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice.
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D.
Major Philip Kirby
Major Philip Kirby is the charming yet unsuspecting Army officer who becomes the romantic lead opposite Ginger Rogers’ disguised heroine in the classic 1942 screwball comedy film "The Major and the Minor."
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E.
Major Marquis Warren
Major Marquis Warren is a former Union cavalry officer turned bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino’s film "The Hateful Eight," known for his sharp wit, moral ambiguity, and pivotal role in the story’s tense standoff.
- 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: Major Patrick Forbes Triple: [British South Africa Company forces, notableCommander, Major Patrick Forbes]
Generated description
Major Patrick Forbes was a British military officer best known for leading British South Africa Company forces during colonial campaigns in southern Africa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major Patrick Forbes Target entity description: Major Patrick Forbes was a British military officer best known for leading British South Africa Company forces during colonial campaigns in southern Africa.
-
A.
Major Charles Dowling
Major Charles Dowling was a British intelligence officer and member of the Cairo Gang, the undercover group targeted and largely assassinated by the IRA in Dublin on Bloody Sunday in 1920.
-
B.
Major Roger Healey
Major Roger Healey is the bumbling yet loyal Air Force officer and best friend of astronaut Tony Nelson on the classic sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie."
-
C.
Major Ronald Ferguson
Major Ronald Ferguson was a British Army officer and polo manager best known as the father of Sarah, Duchess of York, and maternal grandfather of Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice.
-
D.
Major Philip Kirby
Major Philip Kirby is the charming yet unsuspecting Army officer who becomes the romantic lead opposite Ginger Rogers’ disguised heroine in the classic 1942 screwball comedy film "The Major and the Minor."
-
E.
Major Marquis Warren
Major Marquis Warren is a former Union cavalry officer turned bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino’s film "The Hateful Eight," known for his sharp wit, moral ambiguity, and pivotal role in the story’s tense standoff.
- 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_69d886cc4170819093deddc7b8b4b6a7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3d47a8444819081f1262eb7dbda40 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00dc241ec88190a3e868ab88b26f09 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0114d7d03c8190943777f4eac956fd |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a01159a08b081908fc82adc7cca532a |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.