Triple
T4147352
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Indian Expeditionary Force D |
E89816
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Major-General Charles Townshend
Major-General Charles Townshend was a British Army officer best known for leading the ill-fated siege of Kut during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.
|
E414874
|
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: Major-General Charles Townshend | Statement: [Indian Expeditionary Force D, commander, Major-General Charles Townshend]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major-General Charles Townshend Context triple: [Indian Expeditionary Force D, commander, Major-General Charles Townshend]
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A.
Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend was an 18th-century British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer best known for initiating the Townshend Acts that taxed the American colonies and helped spark the American Revolution.
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B.
Baron Townshend
Baron Townshend is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Great Britain associated with the influential Townshend family of English nobility.
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C.
Viscount Townshend
Viscount Townshend is a hereditary title in the British peerage historically associated with the influential Townshend family of Norfolk.
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D.
Sir John Shore
Sir John Shore was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of India in the late 18th century, known for his cautious policies and emphasis on non-intervention.
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E.
Charles Thornton Townshend
Charles Thornton Townshend was a British gentleman of the 19th century best known as the father of Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, a prominent officer in the British Army.
- 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: Major-General Charles Townshend Triple: [Indian Expeditionary Force D, commander, Major-General Charles Townshend]
Generated description
Major-General Charles Townshend was a British Army officer best known for leading the ill-fated siege of Kut during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major-General Charles Townshend Target entity description: Major-General Charles Townshend was a British Army officer best known for leading the ill-fated siege of Kut during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.
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A.
Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend was an 18th-century British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer best known for initiating the Townshend Acts that taxed the American colonies and helped spark the American Revolution.
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B.
Baron Townshend
Baron Townshend is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Great Britain associated with the influential Townshend family of English nobility.
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C.
Viscount Townshend
Viscount Townshend is a hereditary title in the British peerage historically associated with the influential Townshend family of Norfolk.
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D.
Sir John Shore
Sir John Shore was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of India in the late 18th century, known for his cautious policies and emphasis on non-intervention.
-
E.
Charles Thornton Townshend
Charles Thornton Townshend was a British gentleman of the 19th century best known as the father of Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, a prominent officer in the British Army.
- 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_69aed95a59a881909b26e70b42c6811a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af026130bc8190ae3b0e9bec5ccad6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b576d5379081908300afbb3a6fe5e4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b577c2b784819096d8218dd1c1478d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5782cc448819080e306952da24ac0 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:01 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:43 p.m.