Triple

T2963126
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gerald Templer E80094 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object High Commissioner for Malaya
The High Commissioner for Malaya was the chief British colonial administrator and de facto head of government in Malaya during the late colonial period, particularly noted for overseeing policies during the Malayan Emergency.
 E314573 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: High Commissioner for Malaya | Statement: [Gerald Templer, positionHeld, High Commissioner for Malaya]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: High Commissioner for Malaya
Context triple: [Gerald Templer, positionHeld, High Commissioner for Malaya]
  • A. Governor of the Straits Settlements
    The Governor of the Straits Settlements was the chief British colonial administrator overseeing the Straits Settlements territories in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • B. Premier of Sarawak
    The Premier of Sarawak is the chief executive of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, leading its state government and overseeing the administration and implementation of state policies.
  • C. Governor of Sarawak
    The Governor of Sarawak is the ceremonial head of state of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, representing the federal monarchy at the state level.
  • D. Colonial Secretary of Ceylon
    The Colonial Secretary of Ceylon was a senior British colonial administrative post responsible for overseeing civil governance and acting as a chief advisor to the Governor in British-ruled Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
  • E. Secretary of State for the Colonies
    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.
  • 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: High Commissioner for Malaya
Triple: [Gerald Templer, positionHeld, High Commissioner for Malaya]
Generated description
The High Commissioner for Malaya was the chief British colonial administrator and de facto head of government in Malaya during the late colonial period, particularly noted for overseeing policies during the Malayan Emergency.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: High Commissioner for Malaya
Target entity description: The High Commissioner for Malaya was the chief British colonial administrator and de facto head of government in Malaya during the late colonial period, particularly noted for overseeing policies during the Malayan Emergency.
  • A. Governor of the Straits Settlements
    The Governor of the Straits Settlements was the chief British colonial administrator overseeing the Straits Settlements territories in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
  • B. Premier of Sarawak
    The Premier of Sarawak is the chief executive of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, leading its state government and overseeing the administration and implementation of state policies.
  • C. Governor of Sarawak
    The Governor of Sarawak is the ceremonial head of state of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, representing the federal monarchy at the state level.
  • D. Colonial Secretary of Ceylon
    The Colonial Secretary of Ceylon was a senior British colonial administrative post responsible for overseeing civil governance and acting as a chief advisor to the Governor in British-ruled Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
  • E. Secretary of State for the Colonies
    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.
  • 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_69ad8b1341848190bd19dbf46892887d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9957602c819089b673966fd619e0 completed March 8, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0fc98d94481908282d21394dc24a7 completed March 11, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0fd07b82881908d52ab2db2f2e54c completed March 11, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0fdba0fd88190a2e760f1770e846c completed March 11, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:57 p.m.