Triple

T184983
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies E3960 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object Thomas Stamford Raffles
Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
E23685 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: Thomas Stamford Raffles | Statement: [Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, positionHeldBy, Thomas Stamford Raffles]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Stamford Raffles
Context triple: [Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, positionHeldBy, Thomas Stamford Raffles]
  • A. Allan Octavian Hume
    Allan Octavian Hume was a British civil servant, political reformer, and ornithologist best known as a founding member of the Indian National Congress and an influential figure in late 19th-century colonial India.
  • B. Robert Clive
    Robert Clive was an 18th-century British officer and colonial administrator whose military and political actions were crucial in establishing British rule in India, particularly through his leadership in Bengal.
  • C. Robert Bylot
    Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
  • D. Governor Edward John Eyre
    Governor Edward John Eyre was a 19th-century British colonial administrator best known for his brutal suppression of the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica, which sparked major controversy and debate over imperial governance and human rights.
  • E. Edward Codrington
    Edward Codrington was a distinguished early 19th-century British naval officer best known for his role in major engagements of the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence, including commanding Allied forces at the Battle of Navarino.
  • 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: Thomas Stamford Raffles
Triple: [Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, positionHeldBy, Thomas Stamford Raffles]
Generated description
Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Stamford Raffles
Target entity description: Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
  • A. Allan Octavian Hume
    Allan Octavian Hume was a British civil servant, political reformer, and ornithologist best known as a founding member of the Indian National Congress and an influential figure in late 19th-century colonial India.
  • B. Robert Clive
    Robert Clive was an 18th-century British officer and colonial administrator whose military and political actions were crucial in establishing British rule in India, particularly through his leadership in Bengal.
  • C. Robert Bylot
    Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
  • D. Governor Edward John Eyre
    Governor Edward John Eyre was a 19th-century British colonial administrator best known for his brutal suppression of the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica, which sparked major controversy and debate over imperial governance and human rights.
  • E. Edward Codrington
    Edward Codrington was a distinguished early 19th-century British naval officer best known for his role in major engagements of the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence, including commanding Allied forces at the Battle of Navarino.
  • 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_69a25497e2f08190a040f8c6e1842643 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2592867108190b5d316c055575449 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a30285b0488190aaa9634bc9168c4c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a303db62348190a1939b9203f0ea0a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a30453546881908b46ee22696f618f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.