Triple
T8126299
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Stevenson |
E189737
|
entity |
| Predicate | wroteAbout |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Stephenson |
E1317
|
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: William Stephenson | Statement: [William Stevenson, wroteAbout, William Stephenson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stephenson Context triple: [William Stevenson, wroteAbout, William Stephenson]
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A.
William Stephenson
chosen
William Stephenson was a Canadian-born spymaster and industrialist who played a key role in Allied intelligence operations during World War II and is often cited as an inspiration for Ian Fleming’s James Bond.
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B.
Colonel Colin Gubbins
Colonel Colin Gubbins was a British Army officer best known for organizing and leading the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War, overseeing covert resistance and sabotage operations in occupied Europe.
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C.
Hastings Ismay
Hastings Ismay was a British general and diplomat who became the inaugural Secretary General of NATO, helping to shape the alliance’s early structure and strategy.
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D.
Alastair Denniston
Alastair Denniston was a British naval intelligence officer and pioneering cryptanalyst who played a key leadership role in the development of codebreaking operations that led to Bletchley Park during both World Wars.
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E.
Vernon Kell
Vernon Kell was a British army officer and intelligence pioneer who became the founding director of MI5, the United Kingdom’s domestic security and counter-espionage service.
- 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_69ca82bb74848190afb1f18640632c10 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb438eb778819085296e6cbfa2e70d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc946b44d08190a042932ee908dc2f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:34 p.m.