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 |
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.