Triple

T20344404
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lord Chancellor of Ireland E495827 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object Sir William Gerard
Sir William Gerard was a 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who played a key role in Tudor administration in Ireland.
E1424956 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: Sir William Gerard | Statement: [Lord Chancellor of Ireland, positionHeldBy, Sir William Gerard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir William Gerard
Context triple: [Lord Chancellor of Ireland, positionHeldBy, Sir William Gerard]
  • A. Sir William Martin
    Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
  • B. Sir John Willison
    Sir John Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor known for his influential role in early 20th-century political and public affairs.
  • C. Sir William Meredith
    Sir William Meredith was an 18th-century British politician and baronet who served as a Member of Parliament and was known for his opposition to certain government policies of his time.
  • D. Sir John Woodcock
    Sir John Woodcock was a prominent British police officer who served as Chief Constable of several forces and later as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary.
  • E. Sir William Ashton
    Sir William Ashton is a central character in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Bride of Lammermoor," depicted as an ambitious and politically calculating Scottish lawyer and laird whose decisions help drive the story’s tragic events.
  • 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: Sir William Gerard
Triple: [Lord Chancellor of Ireland, positionHeldBy, Sir William Gerard]
Generated description
Sir William Gerard was a 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who played a key role in Tudor administration in Ireland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir William Gerard
Target entity description: Sir William Gerard was a 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who played a key role in Tudor administration in Ireland.
  • A. Sir William Martin
    Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
  • B. Sir John Willison
    Sir John Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor known for his influential role in early 20th-century political and public affairs.
  • C. Sir William Meredith
    Sir William Meredith was an 18th-century British politician and baronet who served as a Member of Parliament and was known for his opposition to certain government policies of his time.
  • D. Sir John Woodcock
    Sir John Woodcock was a prominent British police officer who served as Chief Constable of several forces and later as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary.
  • E. Sir William Ashton
    Sir William Ashton is a central character in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Bride of Lammermoor," depicted as an ambitious and politically calculating Scottish lawyer and laird whose decisions help drive the story’s tragic events.
  • 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_69e0b4a3320881909495ae8bc30bc2dc completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e67837bef8819091e552d1c8a1665c completed April 20, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08695f78248190882cff8c88437fe7 completed May 16, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0869f7b4208190858fdeae882e008d completed May 16, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a086a893f1c81909bc40e3c4db0e147 completed May 16, 2026, 1 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:24 a.m.