Triple
T5210516
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chancellor of the College of William & Mary |
E117620
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasOfficeHolder |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Dawson
Thomas Dawson was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and academic who served as a leading administrator and educator at the College of William & Mary in colonial Virginia.
|
E503443
|
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: Thomas Dawson | Statement: [Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, hasOfficeHolder, Thomas Dawson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Dawson Context triple: [Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, hasOfficeHolder, Thomas Dawson]
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A.
George Grant Elmslie
George Grant Elmslie was an influential American architect associated with the Prairie School movement, known for his richly ornamented designs and collaborations with Louis Sullivan.
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B.
Thomas Bracken
Thomas Bracken was a 19th-century New Zealand poet and politician best known for writing the words to what became one of the country's national anthems.
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C.
George Downie
George Downie was a British Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the fleet that fought and was defeated at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812.
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D.
George Milne
George Milne was a British Army general who commanded Allied forces on the Macedonian front during World War I.
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E.
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Henry Campbell-Bannerman was a British Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908, overseeing significant social and military reforms.
- 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: Thomas Dawson Triple: [Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, hasOfficeHolder, Thomas Dawson]
Generated description
Thomas Dawson was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and academic who served as a leading administrator and educator at the College of William & Mary in colonial Virginia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Dawson Target entity description: Thomas Dawson was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and academic who served as a leading administrator and educator at the College of William & Mary in colonial Virginia.
-
A.
George Grant Elmslie
George Grant Elmslie was an influential American architect associated with the Prairie School movement, known for his richly ornamented designs and collaborations with Louis Sullivan.
-
B.
Thomas Bracken
Thomas Bracken was a 19th-century New Zealand poet and politician best known for writing the words to what became one of the country's national anthems.
-
C.
George Downie
George Downie was a British Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the fleet that fought and was defeated at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812.
-
D.
George Milne
George Milne was a British Army general who commanded Allied forces on the Macedonian front during World War I.
-
E.
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Henry Campbell-Bannerman was a British Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908, overseeing significant social and military reforms.
- 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_69bd4464ba3c8190bc16b2ebbe42ddb0 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7a703e388190845dedd17252ddde |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69beefd9e0b481908db7d6e2907b3b2b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bef0b1fe9c8190bfc1be621c7c1c76 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bef16739148190b9700228be7d07f9 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:47 p.m.