Triple
T1833670
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Henry Thomas |
E41014
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableOffice |
P1268
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Secretary of State for the Colonies |
E101294
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Secretary of State for the Colonies | Statement: [James Henry Thomas, notableOffice, Secretary of State for the Colonies]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secretary of State for the Colonies Context triple: [James Henry Thomas, notableOffice, Secretary of State for the Colonies]
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A.
Secretary of State for the Colonies
chosen
The Secretary of State for the Colonies was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for overseeing the administration and governance of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
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B.
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior British government ministerial post responsible for assisting in the administration and oversight of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
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C.
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a senior British cabinet post responsible for managing political and constitutional relations between the United Kingdom and its self-governing Dominions within the British Empire and Commonwealth.
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D.
Minister of State for Colonial Affairs
The Minister of State for Colonial Affairs was a mid-20th-century British government post responsible for overseeing and administering the United Kingdom’s colonial territories during the late stages of the British Empire.
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E.
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
The Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for managing the United Kingdom’s political and diplomatic relations with the countries of the Commonwealth.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88647f9388190909bc36e795bdaec |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb02540dc819081b19a09562139cd |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69add1c23f9c81909b7d524448351060 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.