Triple

T3217964
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend E67441 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Surrender of Montreal (1760) – British commander after Wolfe’s death
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, was a British Army officer and politician who played a key role in the Seven Years’ War and later served in several high-ranking military and governmental posts.
E338403 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: Surrender of Montreal (1760) – British commander after Wolfe’s death | Statement: [George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, notableWork, Surrender of Montreal (1760) – British commander after Wolfe’s death]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surrender of Montreal (1760) – British commander after Wolfe’s death
Context triple: [George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, notableWork, Surrender of Montreal (1760) – British commander after Wolfe’s death]
  • A. Battle of Quebec (1759)
    The Battle of Quebec (1759) was a pivotal engagement in North America during the Seven Years' War, in which British forces captured Quebec City from the French, effectively sealing British dominance in Canada.
  • B. Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
    The Siege of Louisbourg (1758) was a pivotal British amphibious assault during the French and Indian War that captured the French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, opening the route for the conquest of Quebec.
  • C. France and England in North America: Montcalm and Wolfe
    "France and England in North America: Montcalm and Wolfe" is a historical work by Francis Parkman that chronicles the climactic struggle between French and British forces in North America during the Seven Years' War, focusing on the careers and conflict of Generals Montcalm and Wolfe.
  • D. Plains of Abraham
    The Plains of Abraham is a historic plateau in Quebec City, Canada, best known as the site of the pivotal 1759 battle between British and French forces that shaped the future of North America.
  • E. Fort-Royal
    Fort-Royal is the former name of Fort-de-France, the capital city and main port of the French Caribbean island of Martinique.
  • 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: Surrender of Montreal (1760) – British commander after Wolfe’s death
Triple: [George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, notableWork, Surrender of Montreal (1760) – British commander after Wolfe’s death]
Generated description
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, was a British Army officer and politician who played a key role in the Seven Years’ War and later served in several high-ranking military and governmental posts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surrender of Montreal (1760) – British commander after Wolfe’s death
Target entity description: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, was a British Army officer and politician who played a key role in the Seven Years’ War and later served in several high-ranking military and governmental posts.
  • A. Siege of Montreal (1760)
    The Siege of Montreal (1760) was the final British military operation in North America during the French and Indian War, resulting in the surrender of Montreal and the effective end of French colonial rule in Canada.
  • B. Battle of Quebec (1759)
    The Battle of Quebec (1759) was a pivotal engagement in North America during the Seven Years' War, in which British forces captured Quebec City from the French, effectively sealing British dominance in Canada.
  • C. Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
    The Siege of Louisbourg (1758) was a pivotal British amphibious assault during the French and Indian War that captured the French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, opening the route for the conquest of Quebec.
  • D. France and England in North America: Montcalm and Wolfe
    "France and England in North America: Montcalm and Wolfe" is a historical work by Francis Parkman that chronicles the climactic struggle between French and British forces in North America during the Seven Years' War, focusing on the careers and conflict of Generals Montcalm and Wolfe.
  • E. Plains of Abraham
    The Plains of Abraham is a historic plateau in Quebec City, Canada, best known as the site of the pivotal 1759 battle between British and French forces that shaped the future of North America.
  • 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_69ad858b8adc8190ad989712c87a476b completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adab0c48b481909d1bd9dc41dfa8c2 completed March 8, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b26241803c8190aa3254d5887c80f4 completed March 12, 2026, 6:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2664ddd488190a3edf40fc2dcee18 completed March 12, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b266ca4a90819083ecb16095a2984b completed March 12, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.