Triple

T362774
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Treaty of Waitangi E7891 entity
Predicate drafter P2210 FINISHED
Object James Busby
James Busby was a British resident and colonial official in New Zealand who played a key role in early governance and relations between the British Crown and Māori chiefs.
E47095 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: James Busby | Statement: [Treaty of Waitangi, drafter, James Busby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Busby
Context triple: [Treaty of Waitangi, drafter, James Busby]
  • A. David Douglas
    David Douglas was a 19th-century Scottish botanist and plant collector renowned for introducing numerous North American tree species, including the Douglas fir, to Europe.
  • B. Anthony van Diemen
    Anthony van Diemen was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for expanding Dutch influence in Asia and for lending his name to Van Diemen’s Land, now Tasmania.
  • C. Thomas Stamford Raffles
    Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
  • D. Robert Brown
    Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist best known for his pioneering observations of the random motion of particles suspended in fluid, which led to the concept of Brownian motion.
  • E. William Hobson
    William Hobson was a British naval officer and the first Governor of New Zealand, best known for overseeing and signing the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
  • 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: James Busby
Triple: [Treaty of Waitangi, drafter, James Busby]
Generated description
James Busby was a British resident and colonial official in New Zealand who played a key role in early governance and relations between the British Crown and Māori chiefs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Busby
Target entity description: James Busby was a British resident and colonial official in New Zealand who played a key role in early governance and relations between the British Crown and Māori chiefs.
  • A. David Douglas
    David Douglas was a 19th-century Scottish botanist and plant collector renowned for introducing numerous North American tree species, including the Douglas fir, to Europe.
  • B. Anthony van Diemen
    Anthony van Diemen was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for expanding Dutch influence in Asia and for lending his name to Van Diemen’s Land, now Tasmania.
  • C. Thomas Stamford Raffles
    Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
  • D. Robert Brown
    Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist best known for his pioneering observations of the random motion of particles suspended in fluid, which led to the concept of Brownian motion.
  • E. William Hobson
    William Hobson was a British naval officer and the first Governor of New Zealand, best known for overseeing and signing the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: drafter
Context triple: [Treaty of Waitangi, drafter, James Busby]
  • A. draftedBy chosen
    Indicates that something (such as a document, plan, or version) was created or written in its initial form by a particular agent or author.
  • B. draftingStarted
    Indicates that the process of creating an initial version or draft of something has begun.
  • C. draft
    Indicates that one entity prepares an initial or preliminary version of something, typically a document, plan, or design, which may be revised later.
  • D. designedBy
    Indicates that one entity is the creator, planner, or architect responsible for the form or structure of another entity.
  • E. builder
    Indicates that an entity is responsible for constructing, creating, or assembling another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ebcfb0f48190b9a9010c7837ac58 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3f0a43da48190b9888c60cf565f9d completed March 1, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3f13a36c08190b508037c27435b45 completed March 1, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3f19823608190a0d0b6b4335d6d0a completed March 1, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e95c843c8190b2aba9af6e869ba1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.