Triple
T6603327
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colony of Vancouver Island |
E149054
|
entity |
| Predicate | governor |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Blanshard
Richard Blanshard was a British colonial administrator who became the first governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island in the mid-19th century.
|
E607323
|
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: Richard Blanshard | Statement: [Colony of Vancouver Island, governor, Richard Blanshard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Blanshard Context triple: [Colony of Vancouver Island, governor, Richard Blanshard]
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A.
Raymond Priestley
Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
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B.
George Swinburne
George Swinburne was an Australian engineer, politician, and education advocate whose contributions to technical and higher education led to institutions such as Swinburne Technical College bearing his name.
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C.
Geoffrey Burgon
Geoffrey Burgon was a British composer best known for his evocative film and television scores, including acclaimed work on series such as "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Brideshead Revisited."
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D.
Robert Hurrell Froude
Robert Hurrell Froude was a 19th-century English Anglican priest and theologian associated with the Oxford Movement.
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E.
Arthur Lyttelton
Arthur Lyttelton was a 19th-century English Anglican clergyman and academic who became the first Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
- 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: Richard Blanshard Triple: [Colony of Vancouver Island, governor, Richard Blanshard]
Generated description
Richard Blanshard was a British colonial administrator who became the first governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island in the mid-19th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Blanshard Target entity description: Richard Blanshard was a British colonial administrator who became the first governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island in the mid-19th century.
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A.
Raymond Priestley
Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
-
B.
George Swinburne
George Swinburne was an Australian engineer, politician, and education advocate whose contributions to technical and higher education led to institutions such as Swinburne Technical College bearing his name.
-
C.
Geoffrey Burgon
Geoffrey Burgon was a British composer best known for his evocative film and television scores, including acclaimed work on series such as "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Brideshead Revisited."
-
D.
Robert Hurrell Froude
Robert Hurrell Froude was a 19th-century English Anglican priest and theologian associated with the Oxford Movement.
-
E.
Arthur Lyttelton
Arthur Lyttelton was a 19th-century English Anglican clergyman and academic who became the first Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
- 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_69c687eaa7508190bb58ce2aa02039b3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6af11f0788190be010c6ee60e150c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6e43860f081908fbf1ec65bdad940 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6e4e9c344819099ad11c21c2e4a6e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:13 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6e581a4f88190b1f64033a49d1bae |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:56 p.m.