Triple
T3253921
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Francis Graham-Smith |
E68251
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Astronomer Royal |
E68251
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Astronomer Royal | Statement: [Francis Graham-Smith, positionHeld, Astronomer Royal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Astronomer Royal Context triple: [Francis Graham-Smith, positionHeld, Astronomer Royal]
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A.
Astronomer Royal
chosen
The Astronomer Royal is a senior official title in the United Kingdom historically given to the leading royal astronomer responsible for advancing astronomical research and advising the Crown.
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B.
President of the Royal Society
The President of the Royal Society is the elected head of the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, overseeing its scientific leadership, governance, and public representation.
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C.
Secretary of the Board of Longitude
The Secretary of the Board of Longitude was an official role in the British government responsible for administering and recording the work of the Board, which oversaw efforts to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea.
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D.
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
The Lucasian Professor of Mathematics is a prestigious endowed chair in mathematics at the University of Cambridge, historically held by some of the world's most influential scientists.
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E.
Director of the Royal Institution
The Director of the Royal Institution is the head of the historic London-based scientific organization renowned for advancing public understanding and research in science.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad858f74408190bcbd07f967cd7bd0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaf640fd8819083c3c0cc41db2ffc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b373911a00819092e4436b6a931d61 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.