Triple
T18601839
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Empire in the Pacific Northwest |
E454637
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasKeyPerson |
P256
|
FINISHED |
| Object | George Simpson |
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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: George Simpson | Statement: [British Empire in the Pacific Northwest, hasKeyPerson, George Simpson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Simpson Context triple: [British Empire in the Pacific Northwest, hasKeyPerson, George Simpson]
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A.
George Simpson
George Simpson was a British meteorologist best known for serving as the chief meteorologist on Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Antarctic expedition (1910–1913).
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B.
William Fraser Tolmie
William Fraser Tolmie was a 19th-century Scottish-born physician, fur trader, and naturalist who played a significant role in the early history and exploration of the Pacific Northwest.
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C.
Robert Samuel McLaughlin
Robert Samuel McLaughlin was a prominent Canadian industrialist and automobile pioneer, best known as a founder of General Motors of Canada.
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D.
Sir John Rae
Sir John Rae was a 19th-century Scottish Arctic explorer and surgeon renowned for his overland expeditions in northern Canada and for uncovering crucial evidence about the fate of the lost Franklin expedition.
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E.
Albert McIntosh
Albert McIntosh is the son of English singer-songwriter Kate Bush and guitarist Danny McIntosh, known mainly for his private life away from the public eye.
- 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: George Simpson Target entity description: George Simpson was a prominent 19th-century Hudson’s Bay Company governor who played a central role in expanding and administering British colonial and fur-trade interests in the Pacific Northwest.
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A.
George Simpson
George Simpson was a British meteorologist best known for serving as the chief meteorologist on Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Antarctic expedition (1910–1913).
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B.
William Fraser Tolmie
William Fraser Tolmie was a 19th-century Scottish-born physician, fur trader, and naturalist who played a significant role in the early history and exploration of the Pacific Northwest.
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C.
Robert Samuel McLaughlin
Robert Samuel McLaughlin was a prominent Canadian industrialist and automobile pioneer, best known as a founder of General Motors of Canada.
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D.
Sir John Rae
Sir John Rae was a 19th-century Scottish Arctic explorer and surgeon renowned for his overland expeditions in northern Canada and for uncovering crucial evidence about the fate of the lost Franklin expedition.
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E.
Albert McIntosh
Albert McIntosh is the son of English singer-songwriter Kate Bush and guitarist Danny McIntosh, known mainly for his private life away from the public eye.
- 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_69d8d38bbe7c8190bdec3138e7d413c9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5475112608190acacc5ac7a08c4a0 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.