Triple
T2281121
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada |
E51280
|
entity |
| Predicate | subordinateTo |
P258
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Secretary of State for War and the Colonies |
E101294
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Statement: [Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, subordinateTo, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Context triple: [Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, subordinateTo, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]
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A.
Secretary of State for War
The Secretary of State for War was a senior British government minister responsible for overseeing the administration, organization, and policy of the British Army before the role was abolished and its functions absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.
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B.
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War was the senior civil servant responsible for overseeing the administration and day-to-day operations of the British Army within the United Kingdom government.
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C.
Secretary of State for the Colonies
chosen
The Secretary of State for the Colonies was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for overseeing the administration and governance of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
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D.
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a principal British cabinet position responsible for foreign and domestic affairs in southern England, Ireland, and parts of the British Empire until it was reorganized in the late 18th century.
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E.
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
The Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) is the professional head of the British Army, responsible for its overall command, strategic direction, and operational readiness.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88b08e4308190bdac9aebcca1c91a |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc21ac3d48190abef254e1c3f45e8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7f11ea248190be3092985edcb29b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.