Triple
T856309
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Halifax |
E18498
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edward Cornwallis
Edward Cornwallis was an 18th-century British military officer and colonial administrator best known for establishing British rule in Nova Scotia and serving as the first governor of Halifax.
|
E104472
|
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: Edward Cornwallis | Statement: [Halifax, founder, Edward Cornwallis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Cornwallis Context triple: [Halifax, founder, Edward Cornwallis]
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A.
William Shirley
William Shirley was an 18th-century British colonial administrator best known for his role as governor of Massachusetts during King George’s War and the early stages of the French and Indian War.
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B.
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm was an 18th-century French general best known for commanding French forces in North America during the French and Indian War, where he led key battles such as the defense of Quebec.
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C.
Joseph Dudley
Joseph Dudley was a colonial American administrator best known for serving as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Deshays
Jean-Baptiste Deshays was an 18th-century French painter known for his religious and historical works and as a prominent figure in the Rococo movement.
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E.
William Coddington
William Coddington was a 17th-century English colonial leader and magistrate best known as a founding figure and early governor in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- 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: Edward Cornwallis Triple: [Halifax, founder, Edward Cornwallis]
Generated description
Edward Cornwallis was an 18th-century British military officer and colonial administrator best known for establishing British rule in Nova Scotia and serving as the first governor of Halifax.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Cornwallis Target entity description: Edward Cornwallis was an 18th-century British military officer and colonial administrator best known for establishing British rule in Nova Scotia and serving as the first governor of Halifax.
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A.
William Shirley
William Shirley was an 18th-century British colonial administrator best known for his role as governor of Massachusetts during King George’s War and the early stages of the French and Indian War.
-
B.
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm was an 18th-century French general best known for commanding French forces in North America during the French and Indian War, where he led key battles such as the defense of Quebec.
-
C.
Joseph Dudley
Joseph Dudley was a colonial American administrator best known for serving as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
-
D.
Jean-Baptiste Deshays
Jean-Baptiste Deshays was an 18th-century French painter known for his religious and historical works and as a prominent figure in the Rococo movement.
-
E.
William Coddington
William Coddington was a 17th-century English colonial leader and magistrate best known as a founding figure and early governor in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- 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_69a4938bdd3c8190a954a3c11844d9cf |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ac3c172481908ed164ee1579ec28 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7b8494840819091324bf603ff8d7c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7bc1acf708190aa86cd5eca101966 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7bc96dd2881909310147292b99023 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.