Triple
T6577248
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colony of British Columbia (mainland) |
E157198
|
entity |
| Predicate | governor |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Douglas |
E602387
|
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: James Douglas | Statement: [Colony of British Columbia (mainland), governor, James Douglas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Douglas Context triple: [Colony of British Columbia (mainland), governor, James Douglas]
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A.
James Douglas
James Douglas was a key early leader and philanthropist in American public health who helped establish what became the American Cancer Society.
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B.
James Douglas
James Douglas was a prominent Scottish knight and close ally of Robert the Bruce, renowned for his guerrilla warfare tactics against the English during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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C.
James Douglas
James Douglas was an American actor known for his film and television roles in the mid-20th century, including appearing alongside Elvis Presley in "G.I. Blues."
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D.
James Douglas
chosen
James Douglas was a 19th-century colonial administrator who played a key role in shaping early British rule and development in what is now western Canada.
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E.
John Bruce
John Bruce was the short-lived son and heir of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, and his queen consort Elizabeth de Burgh.
- 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_69c6882b3a108190b3a9eb343ae4162c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6ae74fd90819091d67eec6381d5e0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6d56fe8f08190ad30773f29b207c5 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:54 p.m.