Triple
T7181549
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grand Trunk Railway |
E167457
|
entity |
| Predicate | significantPerson |
P643
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alexander Tilloch Galt
Alexander Tilloch Galt was a Canadian politician, financier, and Father of Confederation who played a key role in developing Canada’s railway system and national economic policy in the 19th century.
|
E647283
|
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: Alexander Tilloch Galt | Statement: [Grand Trunk Railway, significantPerson, Alexander Tilloch Galt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Tilloch Galt Context triple: [Grand Trunk Railway, significantPerson, Alexander Tilloch Galt]
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A.
Hugh John Macdonald
Hugh John Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer and politician who briefly served as Premier of Manitoba and was the only surviving son of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald.
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B.
John Sandfield Macdonald
John Sandfield Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer and politician who became the first premier of Ontario after Confederation in 1867.
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C.
William A. Lyon
William A. Lyon was an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on classic Hollywood films.
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D.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
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E.
Sir Charles Tupper
Sir Charles Tupper was a Canadian Father of Confederation and the sixth Prime Minister of Canada, known for his role in bringing Nova Scotia into Confederation and his long political career.
- 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: Alexander Tilloch Galt Triple: [Grand Trunk Railway, significantPerson, Alexander Tilloch Galt]
Generated description
Alexander Tilloch Galt was a Canadian politician, financier, and Father of Confederation who played a key role in developing Canada’s railway system and national economic policy in the 19th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Tilloch Galt Target entity description: Alexander Tilloch Galt was a Canadian politician, financier, and Father of Confederation who played a key role in developing Canada’s railway system and national economic policy in the 19th century.
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A.
Hugh John Macdonald
Hugh John Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer and politician who briefly served as Premier of Manitoba and was the only surviving son of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald.
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B.
John Sandfield Macdonald
John Sandfield Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer and politician who became the first premier of Ontario after Confederation in 1867.
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C.
William A. Lyon
William A. Lyon was an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on classic Hollywood films.
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D.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
-
E.
Sir Charles Tupper
Sir Charles Tupper was a Canadian Father of Confederation and the sixth Prime Minister of Canada, known for his role in bringing Nova Scotia into Confederation and his long political career.
- 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_69c6888a7c548190a3d39b52a393080f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e8bc25088190a7d7f3ba2461b5e9 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7b93d04ec8190ac5c5bf9ace7eca1 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7b9e55f84819099af471a65bb68aa |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7ba9317548190946e21c2731d58a7 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:49 p.m.