Triple

T18599622
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Frederick Adolphus McNair E454583 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Surveyor-General of the Straits Settlements NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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 the Straits Settlements | Statement: [John Frederick Adolphus McNair, positionHeld, Surveyor-General of the Straits Settlements]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor-General of the Straits Settlements
Context triple: [John Frederick Adolphus McNair, positionHeld, Surveyor-General of the Straits Settlements]
  • A. Governor of the Straits Settlements
    The Governor of the Straits Settlements was the chief British colonial administrator overseeing the Straits Settlements territories in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • B. Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen
    The Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen was the chief British colonial administrative post in the Sumatran settlement of Bencoolen (now Bengkulu, Indonesia) during the early 19th century.
  • C. High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States
    The High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States was the chief British colonial administrator overseeing the governance and coordination of the Federated Malay States in the early 20th century.
  • D. Surveyor-General of Victoria
    The Surveyor-General of Victoria is the senior government official responsible for overseeing land surveying, mapping, and cadastral administration in the Australian state of Victoria.
  • E. High Commissioner for Malaya
    The High Commissioner for Malaya was the chief British colonial administrator and de facto head of government in Malaya during the late colonial period, particularly noted for overseeing policies during the Malayan Emergency.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor-General of the Straits Settlements
Target entity description: The Surveyor-General of the Straits Settlements was the senior colonial official responsible for overseeing public works, surveying, and infrastructure development in the British Straits Settlements in Southeast Asia.
  • A. Governor of the Straits Settlements
    The Governor of the Straits Settlements was the chief British colonial administrator overseeing the Straits Settlements territories in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • B. Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen
    The Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen was the chief British colonial administrative post in the Sumatran settlement of Bencoolen (now Bengkulu, Indonesia) during the early 19th century.
  • C. High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States
    The High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States was the chief British colonial administrator overseeing the governance and coordination of the Federated Malay States in the early 20th century.
  • D. Surveyor-General of Victoria
    The Surveyor-General of Victoria is the senior government official responsible for overseeing land surveying, mapping, and cadastral administration in the Australian state of Victoria.
  • E. High Commissioner for Malaya
    The High Commissioner for Malaya was the chief British colonial administrator and de facto head of government in Malaya during the late colonial period, particularly noted for overseeing policies during the Malayan Emergency.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8d38ae7e081908a98df1251842402 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5474f1d548190b74408eabd396344 completed April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.