Triple

T17525315
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Dinwiddie E426778 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America
The Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America was a senior British colonial official responsible for overseeing and regulating customs collection and trade enforcement across the southern seaports of British America.
E1274071 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: Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America | Statement: [Robert Dinwiddie, positionHeld, Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America
Context triple: [Robert Dinwiddie, positionHeld, Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America]
  • A. Inspector-General of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service
    The Inspector-General of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service was the top administrative and supervisory post overseeing China’s foreign-run customs system during the late Qing dynasty and early Republican era.
  • B. Surveyor of the Port of Salem
    Surveyor of the Port of Salem was a mid-19th-century U.S. customs post in Salem, Massachusetts, overseeing the inspection and regulation of maritime trade.
  • C. Secretary of State for the Southern Department
    The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a principal British cabinet position responsible for foreign and domestic affairs in southern England, Ireland, and parts of the British Empire until it was reorganized in the late 18th century.
  • D. Treasurer of the Navy
    The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
  • E. American Board of Customs Commissioners
    The American Board of Customs Commissioners was a British colonial agency created to more strictly enforce trade regulations and collect customs duties in the American colonies, contributing to rising tensions before the American Revolution.
  • 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: Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America
Triple: [Robert Dinwiddie, positionHeld, Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America]
Generated description
The Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America was a senior British colonial official responsible for overseeing and regulating customs collection and trade enforcement across the southern seaports of British America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America
Target entity description: The Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America was a senior British colonial official responsible for overseeing and regulating customs collection and trade enforcement across the southern seaports of British America.
  • A. Inspector-General of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service
    The Inspector-General of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service was the top administrative and supervisory post overseeing China’s foreign-run customs system during the late Qing dynasty and early Republican era.
  • B. Surveyor of the Port of Salem
    Surveyor of the Port of Salem was a mid-19th-century U.S. customs post in Salem, Massachusetts, overseeing the inspection and regulation of maritime trade.
  • C. Secretary of State for the Southern Department
    The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a principal British cabinet position responsible for foreign and domestic affairs in southern England, Ireland, and parts of the British Empire until it was reorganized in the late 18th century.
  • D. Treasurer of the Navy
    The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
  • E. American Board of Customs Commissioners
    The American Board of Customs Commissioners was a British colonial agency created to more strictly enforce trade regulations and collect customs duties in the American colonies, contributing to rising tensions before the American Revolution.
  • 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_69d889de677081909b22d2657b1f0292 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e452d592a081909bf876d606158b2d completed April 19, 2026, 3:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01c9473100819081079a0db51391cc completed May 11, 2026, 12:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01cb2016f8819090e8ec20428cfdaf completed May 11, 2026, 12:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01cbad7bf481909c754049686c5b39 completed May 11, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:49 a.m.