Triple

T18764998

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Ninian Edwards	`E458869`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory The Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory was the chief executive appointed by the U.S. federal government to administer and oversee the governance of the Illinois Territory before it became a state.	`E1342019`	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: Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory | Statement: [Ninian Edwards, positionHeld, Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory
Context triple: [Ninian Edwards, positionHeld, Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory]

A. Governor of Indiana Territory
The Governor of Indiana Territory was the chief executive appointed to administer and oversee the early U.S. territorial government in the region that later became the state of Indiana.
B. Governor of Wisconsin Territory
The Governor of Wisconsin Territory was the chief executive appointed to administer and oversee the U.S. territorial government of Wisconsin before it achieved statehood.
C. Territorial Governor of Nebraska
The Territorial Governor of Nebraska was the chief executive appointed by the U.S. federal government to administer and oversee the Nebraska Territory before it achieved statehood.
D. Governor of Dakota Territory
The Governor of Dakota Territory was the chief executive appointed by the U.S. federal government to administer and oversee the affairs of the Dakota Territory before statehood.
E. Secretary of State of Indiana Territory
The Secretary of State of Indiana Territory was the chief administrative and record-keeping officer of the territorial government prior to Indiana’s statehood.
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: Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory
Triple: [Ninian Edwards, positionHeld, Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory]

Generated description

The Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory was the chief executive appointed by the U.S. federal government to administer and oversee the governance of the Illinois Territory before it became a state.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory
Target entity description: The Territorial Governor of Illinois Territory was the chief executive appointed by the U.S. federal government to administer and oversee the governance of the Illinois Territory before it became a state.

A. Governor of Indiana Territory
The Governor of Indiana Territory was the chief executive appointed to administer and oversee the early U.S. territorial government in the region that later became the state of Indiana.
B. Governor of Wisconsin Territory
The Governor of Wisconsin Territory was the chief executive appointed to administer and oversee the U.S. territorial government of Wisconsin before it achieved statehood.
C. Territorial Governor of Nebraska
The Territorial Governor of Nebraska was the chief executive appointed by the U.S. federal government to administer and oversee the Nebraska Territory before it achieved statehood.
D. Governor of Dakota Territory
The Governor of Dakota Territory was the chief executive appointed by the U.S. federal government to administer and oversee the affairs of the Dakota Territory before statehood.
E. Secretary of State of Indiana Territory
The Secretary of State of Indiana Territory was the chief administrative and record-keeping officer of the territorial government prior to Indiana’s statehood.
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_69d8d395dba0819087568404508590cb`	completed	April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e58d83ae10819094b3298cb8256327`	completed	April 20, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a053d407b0c819090e6d66430db4a39`	completed	May 14, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a053df532c48190b153dd9f790f1cc8`	completed	May 14, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a0541e2d4008190a8beb79812ccf485`	completed	May 14, 2026, 3:30 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:52 a.m.