Triple

T3376363

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Portuguese America	`E71074`	entity
Predicate	governedBy	`P46`	FINISHED
Object	Governor-General of Brazil The Governor-General of Brazil was the highest-ranking colonial official in Portuguese America, responsible for administering and overseeing the Portuguese Crown’s interests in the territory that later became Brazil.	`E353207`	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: Governor-General of Brazil | Statement: [Portuguese America, governedBy, Governor-General of Brazil]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Governor-General of Brazil
Context triple: [Portuguese America, governedBy, Governor-General of Brazil]

A. Viceroy of the Río de la Plata
The Viceroy of the Río de la Plata was the Spanish Crown’s highest colonial official in the southern regions of South America, overseeing administration, justice, and defense in the viceroyalty.
B. President of Brazil
The President of Brazil is the country’s elected head of state and government, responsible for leading the executive branch and representing Brazil domestically and internationally.
C. Governor-General of the Netherlands
The Governor-General of the Netherlands was the Spanish Crown’s highest representative in the Habsburg Netherlands, wielding both civil and military authority over the region during the early modern period.
D. Viceroy of Peru
The Viceroy of Peru was the Spanish Crown’s highest colonial authority in the Viceroyalty of Peru, governing vast territories in South America from the 16th to the early 19th century.
E. Governor-General of the Philippines
The Governor-General of the Philippines was the highest-ranking colonial official who governed the Philippines on behalf of the Spanish crown (and later other colonial powers) before the establishment of full self-rule.
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: Governor-General of Brazil
Triple: [Portuguese America, governedBy, Governor-General of Brazil]

Generated description

The Governor-General of Brazil was the highest-ranking colonial official in Portuguese America, responsible for administering and overseeing the Portuguese Crown’s interests in the territory that later became Brazil.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Governor-General of Brazil
Target entity description: The Governor-General of Brazil was the highest-ranking colonial official in Portuguese America, responsible for administering and overseeing the Portuguese Crown’s interests in the territory that later became Brazil.

A. Viceroy of the Río de la Plata
The Viceroy of the Río de la Plata was the Spanish Crown’s highest colonial official in the southern regions of South America, overseeing administration, justice, and defense in the viceroyalty.
B. President of Brazil
The President of Brazil is the country’s elected head of state and government, responsible for leading the executive branch and representing Brazil domestically and internationally.
C. Governor-General of the Netherlands
The Governor-General of the Netherlands was the Spanish Crown’s highest representative in the Habsburg Netherlands, wielding both civil and military authority over the region during the early modern period.
D. Viceroy of Peru
The Viceroy of Peru was the Spanish Crown’s highest colonial authority in the Viceroyalty of Peru, governing vast territories in South America from the 16th to the early 19th century.
E. Governor-General of the Philippines
The Governor-General of the Philippines was the highest-ranking colonial official who governed the Philippines on behalf of the Spanish crown (and later other colonial powers) before the establishment of full self-rule.
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_69ad85a7f80c8190a05e43013f298942`	completed	March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69adb2e776508190bc123fb17b36f062`	completed	March 8, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b334465b50819080c6f23eaa6583be`	completed	March 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b337ff20fc8190ab838866f14a36d4`	completed	March 12, 2026, 10:02 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b338ce8fb48190a6983a72d4cc1b5d`	completed	March 12, 2026, 10:06 p.m.

Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:13 p.m.