Triple

T18601837
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Empire in the Pacific Northwest E454637 entity
Predicate hasKeyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object Simon Fraser
Simon Fraser was a Canadian explorer and fur trader who charted much of present-day British Columbia in the early 19th century, notably tracing the river that now bears his name.
 E1333808 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: Simon Fraser | Statement: [British Empire in the Pacific Northwest, hasKeyPerson, Simon Fraser]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Simon Fraser
Context triple: [British Empire in the Pacific Northwest, hasKeyPerson, Simon Fraser]
  • A. Simon Fraser
    Simon Fraser was a British Army general best known for his leadership and death during the American Revolutionary War’s Saratoga campaign.
  • B. Alex Fraser
    Alex Fraser was a Canadian politician and long-serving British Columbia highways minister after whom the Alex Fraser Bridge is named.
  • C. Jonathan Fraser
    Jonathan Fraser is a charismatic and seemingly successful oncologist whose dark secrets and deceptions drive the central mystery in the psychological thriller miniseries "The Undoing."
  • D. Jonathan Fraser
    Jonathan Fraser is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, and for being married to actress Abigail Cruttenden.
  • E. Forest Roberts
    Forest Roberts was an influential figure in the performing arts and education community, commemorated by having a prominent theatre named in his honor.
  • 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: Simon Fraser
Triple: [British Empire in the Pacific Northwest, hasKeyPerson, Simon Fraser]
Generated description
Simon Fraser was a Canadian explorer and fur trader who charted much of present-day British Columbia in the early 19th century, notably tracing the river that now bears his name.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Simon Fraser
Target entity description: Simon Fraser was a Canadian explorer and fur trader who charted much of present-day British Columbia in the early 19th century, notably tracing the river that now bears his name.
  • A. Simon Fraser
    Simon Fraser was a British Army general best known for his leadership and death during the American Revolutionary War’s Saratoga campaign.
  • B. Alex Fraser
    Alex Fraser was a Canadian politician and long-serving British Columbia highways minister after whom the Alex Fraser Bridge is named.
  • C. Jonathan Fraser
    Jonathan Fraser is a charismatic and seemingly successful oncologist whose dark secrets and deceptions drive the central mystery in the psychological thriller miniseries "The Undoing."
  • D. Jonathan Fraser
    Jonathan Fraser is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, and for being married to actress Abigail Cruttenden.
  • E. Forest Roberts
    Forest Roberts was an influential figure in the performing arts and education community, commemorated by having a prominent theatre named in his honor.
  • 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_69d8d38bbe7c8190bdec3138e7d413c9 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5475112608190acacc5ac7a08c4a0 completed April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0503837dfc81908ce5eb5e9f1f6a89 completed May 13, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0506b8e2e88190aa9c0ead1c05f06a completed May 13, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a050731c3208190a13ecc77eb9ac9ea completed May 13, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.