Triple
T194276
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Townshend Acts (tea tax component) |
E3784
|
entity |
| Predicate | proposedBy |
P32
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend was an 18th-century British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer best known for initiating the Townshend Acts that taxed the American colonies and helped spark the American Revolution.
|
E25431
|
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: Charles Townshend | Statement: [Townshend Acts (tea tax component), proposedBy, Charles Townshend]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Townshend Context triple: [Townshend Acts (tea tax component), proposedBy, Charles Townshend]
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A.
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, was a British soldier and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and was the elder son of the prominent statesman William Pitt the Elder.
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B.
Viscount Walpole
Viscount Walpole is a British noble title associated with the influential Walpole family, notably linked to Robert Walpole, often regarded as Britain’s first de facto Prime Minister.
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C.
Viscount Pitt
Viscount Pitt is a British noble title historically associated with the prominent 18th-century statesman William Pitt the Elder.
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D.
Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole was an 18th-century British statesman widely regarded as the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain and its longest-serving holder of the office.
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E.
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English statesman and financial administrator who served as a leading minister under multiple monarchs and helped shape the fiscal foundations of the emerging British state.
- 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: Charles Townshend Triple: [Townshend Acts (tea tax component), proposedBy, Charles Townshend]
Generated description
Charles Townshend was an 18th-century British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer best known for initiating the Townshend Acts that taxed the American colonies and helped spark the American Revolution.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Townshend Target entity description: Charles Townshend was an 18th-century British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer best known for initiating the Townshend Acts that taxed the American colonies and helped spark the American Revolution.
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A.
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, was a British soldier and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and was the elder son of the prominent statesman William Pitt the Elder.
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B.
Viscount Walpole
Viscount Walpole is a British noble title associated with the influential Walpole family, notably linked to Robert Walpole, often regarded as Britain’s first de facto Prime Minister.
-
C.
Viscount Pitt
Viscount Pitt is a British noble title historically associated with the prominent 18th-century statesman William Pitt the Elder.
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D.
Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole was an 18th-century British statesman widely regarded as the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain and its longest-serving holder of the office.
-
E.
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English statesman and financial administrator who served as a leading minister under multiple monarchs and helped shape the fiscal foundations of the emerging British state.
- 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_69a2548debd48190ae3a06d6e65b53c6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:35 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25969425081908e178db8ba4631c2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a31c91b22c8190a1d04983ae4fd793 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a31ea66b8881909748ab11d7a4a50a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a31efbe2d48190b528011dfdf764c1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m.