Triple

T6251900
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject General Officer Commanding Malaya Command E140063 entity
Predicate notableOfficeHolder P5750 FINISHED
Object William George Shedden Dobbie
William George Shedden Dobbie was a British Army general best known for his leadership during the early stages of World War II, particularly as the wartime Governor and military commander of Malta.
E579638 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: William George Shedden Dobbie | Statement: [General Officer Commanding Malaya Command, notableOfficeHolder, William George Shedden Dobbie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William George Shedden Dobbie
Context triple: [General Officer Commanding Malaya Command, notableOfficeHolder, William George Shedden Dobbie]
  • A. William Henry Dinneen
    William Henry Dinneen was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and later a prominent umpire in the early 20th century.
  • B. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • C. William John Cunningham
    William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
  • D. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • E. James Waite Dickson
    James Waite Dickson was the father of motion picture pioneer William Kennedy Laurie Dickson and a key early influence in his son's scientific and technical education.
  • 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: William George Shedden Dobbie
Triple: [General Officer Commanding Malaya Command, notableOfficeHolder, William George Shedden Dobbie]
Generated description
William George Shedden Dobbie was a British Army general best known for his leadership during the early stages of World War II, particularly as the wartime Governor and military commander of Malta.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William George Shedden Dobbie
Target entity description: William George Shedden Dobbie was a British Army general best known for his leadership during the early stages of World War II, particularly as the wartime Governor and military commander of Malta.
  • A. William Henry Dinneen
    William Henry Dinneen was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and later a prominent umpire in the early 20th century.
  • B. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • C. William John Cunningham
    William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
  • D. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • E. James Waite Dickson
    James Waite Dickson was the father of motion picture pioneer William Kennedy Laurie Dickson and a key early influence in his son's scientific and technical education.
  • 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_69c008b4858c819095b0199114a9a87b completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0633fb2ac8190b71b8e35fa923300 completed March 22, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c244240b448190be3645177194ced6 completed March 24, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c2756cf5c88190aed2c5e0916082e7 completed March 24, 2026, 11:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c275d913cc8190be3770f12c271226 completed March 24, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:24 p.m.