Triple
T20799475
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Premier of Canada West |
E512001
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHeldBy |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Johnstone Ritchie |
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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: William Johnstone Ritchie | Statement: [Premier of Canada West, officeHeldBy, William Johnstone Ritchie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Johnstone Ritchie Context triple: [Premier of Canada West, officeHeldBy, William Johnstone Ritchie]
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A.
William Ritchie
William Ritchie was a Scottish newspaper proprietor and editor best known for co-founding and shaping the influential Edinburgh-based newspaper The Scotsman in the early 19th century.
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B.
Robert Crichton Wyllie
Robert Crichton Wyllie was a 19th-century Scottish-born statesman who served as a prominent foreign minister and influential political figure in the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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C.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
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D.
William Weir
William Weir is a name shared by several notable figures, including politicians, engineers, and public servants from the United Kingdom.
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E.
Richard Livingstone
Richard Livingstone is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals, most commonly associated with professionals or public figures sharing the Livingstone surname.
- 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: William Johnstone Ritchie Target entity description: William Johnstone Ritchie was a 19th-century Canadian lawyer, politician, and jurist who became one of the early chief justices of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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A.
William Ritchie
William Ritchie was a Scottish newspaper proprietor and editor best known for co-founding and shaping the influential Edinburgh-based newspaper The Scotsman in the early 19th century.
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B.
Robert Crichton Wyllie
Robert Crichton Wyllie was a 19th-century Scottish-born statesman who served as a prominent foreign minister and influential political figure in the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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C.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
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D.
William Weir
William Weir is a name shared by several notable figures, including politicians, engineers, and public servants from the United Kingdom.
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E.
Richard Livingstone
Richard Livingstone is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals, most commonly associated with professionals or public figures sharing the Livingstone surname.
- 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_69e0b4cc69f481908e98751e697b9df4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c2aef2e08190a779ed1d516ecba7 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:39 p.m.