Triple

T8302749
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mayor of Burnaby E194385 entity
Predicate officeHolder P537 FINISHED
Object William H. Holmes (second term)
William H. Holmes (second term) was a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia, during a subsequent period of leadership following his initial term in office.
 E723792 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 H. Holmes (second term) | Statement: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, William H. Holmes (second term)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Holmes (second term)
Context triple: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, William H. Holmes (second term)]
  • A. Thomas J. Holmes
    Thomas J. Holmes was a notable figure after whom Holmes County in Florida was named, likely recognized for his influence or contributions to the region’s early history or development.
  • B. Thomas C. Ely
    Thomas C. Ely is an American Episcopal bishop known for his leadership within the Episcopal Church, including service as a diocesan bishop in the Upper Midwest.
  • C. Morton D. Hull
    Morton D. Hull was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the early 20th century.
  • D. Lyman G. Bloomingdale
    Lyman G. Bloomingdale was an American businessman and co-founder of the iconic Bloomingdale’s department store, which became a landmark in New York City retail.
  • E. Floyd E. Kellam
    Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • 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 H. Holmes (second term)
Triple: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, William H. Holmes (second term)]
Generated description
William H. Holmes (second term) was a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia, during a subsequent period of leadership following his initial term in office.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Holmes (second term)
Target entity description: William H. Holmes (second term) was a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia, during a subsequent period of leadership following his initial term in office.
  • A. Thomas J. Holmes
    Thomas J. Holmes was a notable figure after whom Holmes County in Florida was named, likely recognized for his influence or contributions to the region’s early history or development.
  • B. Thomas C. Ely
    Thomas C. Ely is an American Episcopal bishop known for his leadership within the Episcopal Church, including service as a diocesan bishop in the Upper Midwest.
  • C. Morton D. Hull
    Morton D. Hull was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the early 20th century.
  • D. Lyman G. Bloomingdale
    Lyman G. Bloomingdale was an American businessman and co-founder of the iconic Bloomingdale’s department store, which became a landmark in New York City retail.
  • E. Floyd E. Kellam
    Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • 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_69ca82e613e88190bf8139669bbd0d53 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7e8a45348190a7895b33abcb64c9 completed March 31, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd68c2a14c81908388ecdd22315390 completed April 1, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd6d58032c8190ba99f78670924ae5 completed April 1, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd7e5be1108190afbc65b69a7700f2 completed April 1, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:53 p.m.