Triple
T381508
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Cavendish |
E8688
|
entity |
| Predicate | paternalGrandfather |
P979
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire was an early 18th-century English nobleman and Whig politician who served as Lord President of the Council and was a prominent figure in the political life of the Hanoverian court.
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E57558
|
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: William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire | Statement: [Henry Cavendish, paternalGrandfather, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire Context triple: [Henry Cavendish, paternalGrandfather, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire]
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A.
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who inherited the Grafton dukedom and sat in the House of Lords.
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B.
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who held high court offices and military commands under the early Hanoverian monarchs.
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C.
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, notable as the son of Robert Clive (“Clive of India”) and for serving as Governor of Madras.
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D.
Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam
Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam, was an 18th–19th century Irish peer, art collector, and philanthropist whose bequest of his extensive art and manuscript collection led to the creation of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
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E.
Duke of Newcastle
The Duke of Newcastle was a powerful 18th-century British Whig statesman and long-serving prime minister who played a central role in shaping Britain’s foreign policy during the lead-up to the Seven Years’ War.
- 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: William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire Triple: [Henry Cavendish, paternalGrandfather, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire]
Generated description
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire was an early 18th-century English nobleman and Whig politician who served as Lord President of the Council and was a prominent figure in the political life of the Hanoverian court.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire Target entity description: William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire was an early 18th-century English nobleman and Whig politician who served as Lord President of the Council and was a prominent figure in the political life of the Hanoverian court.
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A.
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who inherited the Grafton dukedom and sat in the House of Lords.
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B.
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton was an 18th-century British nobleman and politician who held high court offices and military commands under the early Hanoverian monarchs.
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C.
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, notable as the son of Robert Clive (“Clive of India”) and for serving as Governor of Madras.
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D.
Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam
Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam, was an 18th–19th century Irish peer, art collector, and philanthropist whose bequest of his extensive art and manuscript collection led to the creation of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
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E.
Duke of Newcastle
The Duke of Newcastle was a powerful 18th-century British Whig statesman and long-serving prime minister who played a central role in shaping Britain’s foreign policy during the lead-up to the Seven Years’ War.
- 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_69a2e7f47dd08190a4e294ccbbe46cd4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ee2b0ec481908fac41a4e1d20468 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a44f5030f481908af8aa1d361b8124 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a450099260819085493682035fc1c1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4506406dc8190ba3d4e54c409051b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 2:42 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.