Triple

T2778656
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge E61637 entity
Predicate hasNotableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object Sir Geoffrey Elton
Sir Geoffrey Elton was a prominent 20th-century British historian best known for his influential work on Tudor England and the administrative reforms of Henry VIII.
E298127 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Sir Geoffrey Elton | Statement: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Sir Geoffrey Elton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Geoffrey Elton
Context triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Sir Geoffrey Elton]
  • A. Hugh Trevor-Roper
    Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
  • B. Edward Hall
    Edward Hall was a 16th-century English lawyer, historian, and chronicler best known for his influential Tudor-era chronicle "The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke."
  • C. Herbert Butterfield
    Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
  • D. Nicholas Hall
    Nicholas Hall is a grand, ornately decorated state room within the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, historically used for imperial ceremonies and receptions.
  • E. Sir Sidney Lee
    Sir Sidney Lee was a British biographer and literary scholar best known for his extensive work on Shakespeare and for helping shape authoritative reference works on notable figures.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Sir Geoffrey Elton
Triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Sir Geoffrey Elton]
Generated description
Sir Geoffrey Elton was a prominent 20th-century British historian best known for his influential work on Tudor England and the administrative reforms of Henry VIII.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Geoffrey Elton
Target entity description: Sir Geoffrey Elton was a prominent 20th-century British historian best known for his influential work on Tudor England and the administrative reforms of Henry VIII.
  • A. Hugh Trevor-Roper
    Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
  • B. Edward Hall
    Edward Hall was a 16th-century English lawyer, historian, and chronicler best known for his influential Tudor-era chronicle "The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke."
  • C. Herbert Butterfield
    Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
  • D. Nicholas Hall
    Nicholas Hall is a grand, ornately decorated state room within the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, historically used for imperial ceremonies and receptions.
  • E. Sir Sidney Lee
    Sir Sidney Lee was a British biographer and literary scholar best known for his extensive work on Shakespeare and for helping shape authoritative reference works on notable figures.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69ab4b7e43c48190997b8fc8fb1663ab completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdd83c5fc8190936b971d5577d3f9 completed March 7, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc05cf84881908e771471dbda4c8d completed March 10, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc1f3741c8190a806f8cc14fc6334 completed March 10, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc24c63188190a51f5ae9f2955f0a completed March 10, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.