Triple
T6387846
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Room 40 |
E143744
|
entity |
| Predicate | employed |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Reginald Hall
William Reginald Hall was a British naval intelligence officer and admiral best known for directing Royal Navy codebreaking operations during World War I.
|
E591496
|
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 Reginald Hall | Statement: [Room 40, employed, William Reginald Hall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Reginald Hall Context triple: [Room 40, employed, William Reginald Hall]
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A.
Archibald Alexander Leach
Archibald Alexander Leach was the birth name of Cary Grant, the iconic British-American film actor renowned for his debonair charm and roles in classic Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Sir John Woodward Brown
Sir John Woodward Brown was a distinguished British figure, likely recognized for notable contributions in public or professional life and remembered as an eminent former pupil of Chigwell School.
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C.
Reginald Palmer
Reginald Palmer was a Grenadian politician who served as the country’s Governor-General, acting as the representative of the British monarch in Grenada.
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D.
Sir John Hoddinott
Sir John Hoddinott was a senior British police officer who served as Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary and was noted for his leadership in modernizing policing practices.
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E.
J. F. C. Harrison
J. F. C. Harrison was a British social historian known for his influential studies of Victorian society, popular education, and millenarian movements.
- 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 Reginald Hall Triple: [Room 40, employed, William Reginald Hall]
Generated description
William Reginald Hall was a British naval intelligence officer and admiral best known for directing Royal Navy codebreaking operations during World War I.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Reginald Hall Target entity description: William Reginald Hall was a British naval intelligence officer and admiral best known for directing Royal Navy codebreaking operations during World War I.
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A.
Archibald Alexander Leach
Archibald Alexander Leach was the birth name of Cary Grant, the iconic British-American film actor renowned for his debonair charm and roles in classic Hollywood cinema.
-
B.
Sir John Woodward Brown
Sir John Woodward Brown was a distinguished British figure, likely recognized for notable contributions in public or professional life and remembered as an eminent former pupil of Chigwell School.
-
C.
Reginald Palmer
Reginald Palmer was a Grenadian politician who served as the country’s Governor-General, acting as the representative of the British monarch in Grenada.
-
D.
Sir John Hoddinott
Sir John Hoddinott was a senior British police officer who served as Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary and was noted for his leadership in modernizing policing practices.
-
E.
J. F. C. Harrison
J. F. C. Harrison was a British social historian known for his influential studies of Victorian society, popular education, and millenarian movements.
- 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_69c008dac1ec81909cef8157ccd69962 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c06869dfb88190aeb84c6c61414888 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6387dc8888190ba63efcc9aff41b2 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:57 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c63b0165ac8190bb6001504d4abfcc |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c63b6373e88190b676ee85be8c06fb |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:10 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:34 p.m.