Triple
T3217964
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend |
E67441
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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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.
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E338403
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.