Triple
T4082848
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Ridgefield |
E87517
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Erskine
William Erskine was a British Army officer and general during the American Revolutionary War, noted for his leadership in several key engagements.
|
E412168
|
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 Erskine | Statement: [Battle of Ridgefield, commander, William Erskine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Erskine Context triple: [Battle of Ridgefield, commander, William Erskine]
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A.
William Balfour
William Balfour is an American man best known for being convicted of the 2008 murders of three relatives of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson.
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B.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
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C.
Sir Eric Drummond
Sir Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, playing a key role in shaping early 20th-century international diplomacy.
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D.
Reginald McKenna
Reginald McKenna was a British Liberal politician who held several senior government posts, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the early 20th century.
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E.
Charles Alling Gifford
Charles Alling Gifford was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century resort hotels and other large-scale buildings in the United States.
- 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 Erskine Triple: [Battle of Ridgefield, commander, William Erskine]
Generated description
William Erskine was a British Army officer and general during the American Revolutionary War, noted for his leadership in several key engagements.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Erskine Target entity description: William Erskine was a British Army officer and general during the American Revolutionary War, noted for his leadership in several key engagements.
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A.
William Balfour
William Balfour is an American man best known for being convicted of the 2008 murders of three relatives of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson.
-
B.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
-
C.
Sir Eric Drummond
Sir Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, playing a key role in shaping early 20th-century international diplomacy.
-
D.
Reginald McKenna
Reginald McKenna was a British Liberal politician who held several senior government posts, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the early 20th century.
-
E.
Charles Alling Gifford
Charles Alling Gifford was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century resort hotels and other large-scale buildings in the United States.
- 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_69aed9435cf48190ad1da737c962d19d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefc7933b481909bb3e02c6c04c8ee |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b56b6067908190b9724c6d58bda305 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b56bdcfa94819096df212e6e99937e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b56c5e73e88190896176180a9e58cd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:39 p.m.