Triple
T21157424
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Ambassador to the United States |
E521347
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstHolder |
P291
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Edward Thornton |
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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: Edward Thornton | Statement: [British Ambassador to the United States, firstHolder, Edward Thornton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Thornton Context triple: [British Ambassador to the United States, firstHolder, Edward Thornton]
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A.
William Langford
William Langford was a gospel singer best known as a member of the pioneering African-American vocal group the Golden Gate Quartet.
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B.
Henry Tracy
Henry Tracy is one of the children of American television journalist and news anchor Norah O'Donnell.
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C.
Edmund Purdom
Edmund Purdom was a British actor best known for his leading roles in 1950s Hollywood epics and later work in European genre films.
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D.
Henry Richards
Henry Richards was the husband of American author Laura E. Richards, known primarily in relation to her life and work.
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E.
Kay Thorndyke
Kay Thorndyke is a powerful and manipulative political influencer in the 1948 film "State of the Union," where she drives much of the story’s intrigue and ambition.
- 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: Edward Thornton Target entity description: Edward Thornton was a 19th-century British diplomat who became the inaugural British ambassador to the United States, helping to shape early Anglo-American relations.
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A.
William Langford
William Langford was a gospel singer best known as a member of the pioneering African-American vocal group the Golden Gate Quartet.
-
B.
Henry Tracy
Henry Tracy is one of the children of American television journalist and news anchor Norah O'Donnell.
-
C.
Edmund Purdom
Edmund Purdom was a British actor best known for his leading roles in 1950s Hollywood epics and later work in European genre films.
-
D.
Henry Richards
Henry Richards was the husband of American author Laura E. Richards, known primarily in relation to her life and work.
-
E.
Kay Thorndyke
Kay Thorndyke is a powerful and manipulative political influencer in the 1948 film "State of the Union," where she drives much of the story’s intrigue and ambition.
- 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_69e0b50d1ea481909c07e63c3ead9316 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7252c6db08190bcdffc3f2cfc6138 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:59 p.m.