Triple
T23187752
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William George Shedden Dobbie |
E579638
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entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object | William George Shedden Dobbie |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: William George Shedden Dobbie | Statement: [William George Shedden Dobbie, name, William George Shedden Dobbie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William George Shedden Dobbie Context triple: [William George Shedden Dobbie, name, William George Shedden Dobbie]
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A.
William George Shedden Dobbie
chosen
William George Shedden Dobbie was a British Army general best known for his leadership during the early stages of World War II, particularly as the wartime Governor and military commander of Malta.
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B.
William Chalmers Duncan
William Chalmers Duncan was an early settler and prominent figure in British Columbia after whom the community of Duncan was named.
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C.
William Henry Dinneen
William Henry Dinneen was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and later a prominent umpire in the early 20th century.
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D.
William Norrie
William Norrie was a Canadian politician who served as the long-time mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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E.
Eben Macconochie
Eben Macconochie is a fictional character from Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Catriona" (also known as "David Balfour"), the sequel to "Kidnapped."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e245ff8000819090d12008805315b7 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18fd4c6f481908b6138a44b98c8a7 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:05 p.m.