Triple
T6067968
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sir John Thompson |
E135205
|
entity |
| Predicate | succeededBy |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mackenzie Bowell |
E439322
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Mackenzie Bowell | Statement: [Sir John Thompson, succeededBy, Mackenzie Bowell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mackenzie Bowell Context triple: [Sir John Thompson, succeededBy, Mackenzie Bowell]
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A.
Mackenzie Bowell
chosen
Mackenzie Bowell was a Canadian politician who served as the country’s fifth prime minister in the late 19th century and was a prominent figure in the Conservative Party.
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B.
Sam Hughes
Sam Hughes was a controversial Canadian politician and Minister of Militia and Defence during World War I, known for his role in rapidly expanding and organizing Canada’s wartime army.
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C.
Lin McAdam
Lin McAdam is the determined and skilled gunslinger protagonist of the classic 1950 Western film "Winchester '73," portrayed by James Stewart.
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D.
Andrew Macdonald
Andrew Macdonald is a British film producer best known for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle on acclaimed films such as "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later."
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E.
Fred Kilgour
Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c00879e8048190b690717d19c5bc03 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c057403a8081908b593472fcc0d699 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c11d2f43a88190a7a6834a7624998d |
completed | March 23, 2026, 10:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:10 p.m.