Triple
T8302797
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mayor of Burnaby |
E194385
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHolder |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William H. Holmes (fiftieth term) |
E723792
|
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 H. Holmes (fiftieth term) | Statement: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, William H. Holmes (fiftieth term)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Holmes (fiftieth term) Context triple: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, William H. Holmes (fiftieth term)]
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A.
William H. Holmes (second term)
chosen
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.
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B.
William G. McGowan
William G. McGowan was an American businessman best known for transforming MCI into a major telecommunications competitor to AT&T and helping to deregulate the U.S. long-distance phone industry.
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C.
Edmund G. Hamlin
Edmund G. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Hamlin, though specific widely known public details about his life or work are not readily available.
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D.
Joseph P. Widney
Joseph P. Widney was an American physician, educator, and religious leader who played a key role in early Nazarene and holiness movements and served as the second president of the University of Southern California.
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E.
William H. Filer
William H. Filer was an American banker and civic leader best known for his pivotal role in establishing the University of Miami in the 1920s.
- 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_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_69d1399616708190968442c5389166cf |
completed | April 4, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:53 p.m.