Triple
T21915085
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southam family |
E541163
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableMember |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Kenneth Gordon Southam |
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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: Kenneth Gordon Southam | Statement: [Southam family, hasNotableMember, Kenneth Gordon Southam]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Gordon Southam Context triple: [Southam family, hasNotableMember, Kenneth Gordon Southam]
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A.
Gordon Hamilton Southam
Gordon Hamilton Southam was a prominent Canadian diplomat and member of the influential Southam family, known for his service as ambassador to several countries in the mid-20th century.
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B.
George Weston
George Weston was a prominent Canadian businessman and founder of the food processing and distribution company that grew into George Weston Limited.
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C.
Percival Molson
Percival Molson was a Canadian athlete, soldier, and philanthropist best known as a star McGill University sportsman and World War I hero after whom Montreal’s Percival Molson Memorial Stadium is named.
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D.
Sir John Crocker
Sir John Crocker was a senior British Army officer and World War II corps commander known for his leadership in major campaigns in North-West Europe.
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E.
Samuel Bronfman
Samuel Bronfman was a Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist best known as the longtime head of the Seagram liquor empire and a leading figure in North American Jewish communal life.
- 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: Kenneth Gordon Southam Target entity description: Kenneth Gordon Southam was a prominent Canadian newspaper publisher and member of the influential Southam family media dynasty.
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A.
Gordon Hamilton Southam
Gordon Hamilton Southam was a prominent Canadian diplomat and member of the influential Southam family, known for his service as ambassador to several countries in the mid-20th century.
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B.
George Weston
George Weston was a prominent Canadian businessman and founder of the food processing and distribution company that grew into George Weston Limited.
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C.
Percival Molson
Percival Molson was a Canadian athlete, soldier, and philanthropist best known as a star McGill University sportsman and World War I hero after whom Montreal’s Percival Molson Memorial Stadium is named.
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D.
Sir John Crocker
Sir John Crocker was a senior British Army officer and World War II corps commander known for his leadership in major campaigns in North-West Europe.
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E.
Samuel Bronfman
Samuel Bronfman was a Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist best known as the longtime head of the Seagram liquor empire and a leading figure in North American Jewish communal life.
- 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_69e0c47c4b9c8190a5586a75f5f36453 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f123366cb88190a42aa741e1245fd9 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:42 p.m.