Triple

T4709451
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Cornwallis E104472 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Cornwallis
Cornwallis is a British noble family name most famously associated with military and colonial figures such as General Charles Cornwallis and colonial governor Edward Cornwallis.
E388796 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: Cornwallis | Statement: [Edward Cornwallis, familyName, Cornwallis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornwallis
Context triple: [Edward Cornwallis, familyName, Cornwallis]
  • A. Charles Cornwallis
    Charles Cornwallis was a British Army general and colonial administrator best known for his pivotal role in the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at Yorktown in 1781.
  • B. Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis
    Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis was a British aristocrat and politician who inherited the marquessate from his father, the prominent military commander and colonial administrator Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.
  • C. Henry Clinton
    Henry Clinton was a British Army general who served as the commander-in-chief of British forces in North America for much of the American Revolutionary War.
  • D. John Burgoyne
    John Burgoyne was a British army officer and politician best known for his role as a general during the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
  • E. Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
    Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst was an 18th-century British Army officer and commander-in-chief in North America during the Seven Years' War, later criticized for his role in policies toward Indigenous peoples.
  • 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: Cornwallis
Triple: [Edward Cornwallis, familyName, Cornwallis]
Generated description
Cornwallis is a British noble family name most famously associated with military and colonial figures such as General Charles Cornwallis and colonial governor Edward Cornwallis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornwallis
Target entity description: Cornwallis is a British noble family name most famously associated with military and colonial figures such as General Charles Cornwallis and colonial governor Edward Cornwallis.
  • A. Charles Cornwallis
    Charles Cornwallis was a British Army general and colonial administrator best known for his pivotal role in the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at Yorktown in 1781.
  • B. Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis chosen
    Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis was a British aristocrat and politician who inherited the marquessate from his father, the prominent military commander and colonial administrator Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.
  • C. Henry Clinton
    Henry Clinton was a British Army general who served as the commander-in-chief of British forces in North America for much of the American Revolutionary War.
  • D. John Burgoyne
    John Burgoyne was a British army officer and politician best known for his role as a general during the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
  • E. Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
    Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst was an 18th-century British Army officer and commander-in-chief in North America during the Seven Years' War, later criticized for his role in policies toward Indigenous peoples.
  • F. None of above.

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_69bd43eac3c08190af7e4020c6c3704c completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd63ed2ed081908cd52570ba085806 completed March 20, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be10721b88819093be46bc5cae17c0 completed March 21, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be1452eba88190bf982ab0f464e96f completed March 21, 2026, 3:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be14ca370481909c5e144e63ceb495 completed March 21, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:17 p.m.