Triple

T416982
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Sancroft E8013 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Gilbert Sheldon
Gilbert Sheldon was a 17th-century English Archbishop of Canterbury and influential churchman who played a key role in restoring and shaping the Church of England after the English Civil War.
E57127 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: Gilbert Sheldon | Statement: [William Sancroft, predecessor, Gilbert Sheldon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gilbert Sheldon
Context triple: [William Sancroft, predecessor, Gilbert Sheldon]
  • A. Thomas Bentley
    Thomas Bentley was an 18th-century English potter and business partner of Josiah Wedgwood, noted for his role in advancing fine earthenware and industrial ceramics.
  • B. Bartholomew Gedney
    Bartholomew Gedney was a colonial Massachusetts magistrate best known for serving as one of the judges during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
  • C. Ninian Edwards
    Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.
  • D. Henry Bacon
    Henry Bacon was an American architect best known for designing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • E. John Underhill
    John Underhill was a 17th-century English colonial soldier and militia leader in New England, known for his prominent and controversial role in early Native American conflicts.
  • 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: Gilbert Sheldon
Triple: [William Sancroft, predecessor, Gilbert Sheldon]
Generated description
Gilbert Sheldon was a 17th-century English Archbishop of Canterbury and influential churchman who played a key role in restoring and shaping the Church of England after the English Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gilbert Sheldon
Target entity description: Gilbert Sheldon was a 17th-century English Archbishop of Canterbury and influential churchman who played a key role in restoring and shaping the Church of England after the English Civil War.
  • A. Thomas Bentley
    Thomas Bentley was an 18th-century English potter and business partner of Josiah Wedgwood, noted for his role in advancing fine earthenware and industrial ceramics.
  • B. Bartholomew Gedney
    Bartholomew Gedney was a colonial Massachusetts magistrate best known for serving as one of the judges during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
  • C. Ninian Edwards
    Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.
  • D. Henry Bacon
    Henry Bacon was an American architect best known for designing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • E. John Underhill
    John Underhill was a 17th-century English colonial soldier and militia leader in New England, known for his prominent and controversial role in early Native American conflicts.
  • 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_69a2e7f1d1bc81909cf2dc9754a3c334 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ee8ea7b88190b4970b9c2877fbd8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a44cb531548190b378444ccf7a6283 completed March 1, 2026, 2:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a44d31f0088190b55fd733460d7789 completed March 1, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a44de3f26881909c9ea34a421ea7cf completed March 1, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.