Triple

T8930625
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Queen of Ceylon E212643 entity
Predicate appointmentPowerDelegatedTo P55586 FINISHED
Object Governor-General of Ceylon
The Governor-General of Ceylon was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in Ceylon during its period as a dominion within the Commonwealth.
E767186 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Governor-General of Ceylon | Statement: [Queen of Ceylon, appointmentPowerDelegatedTo, Governor-General of Ceylon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor-General of Ceylon
Context triple: [Queen of Ceylon, appointmentPowerDelegatedTo, Governor-General of Ceylon]
  • A. Governor of Ceylon
    The Governor of Ceylon was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in Ceylon, overseeing its governance during the period of British rule.
  • B. Prime Minister of Ceylon
    The Prime Minister of Ceylon was the head of government of the former British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), leading the executive branch before the country became a republic.
  • C. Colonial Secretary of Ceylon
    The Colonial Secretary of Ceylon was a senior British colonial administrative post responsible for overseeing civil governance and acting as a chief advisor to the Governor in British-ruled Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
  • D. Chief Justice of Ceylon
    The Chief Justice of Ceylon was the highest-ranking judicial officer and head of the island’s supreme court during the period of British colonial rule and early independence.
  • E. Dutch Governor of Ceylon
    The Dutch Governor of Ceylon was the chief colonial administrator representing the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the period of Dutch rule in the island.
  • 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: Governor-General of Ceylon
Triple: [Queen of Ceylon, appointmentPowerDelegatedTo, Governor-General of Ceylon]
Generated description
The Governor-General of Ceylon was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in Ceylon during its period as a dominion within the Commonwealth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor-General of Ceylon
Target entity description: The Governor-General of Ceylon was the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in Ceylon during its period as a dominion within the Commonwealth.
  • A. Governor of Ceylon
    The Governor of Ceylon was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator and representative in Ceylon, overseeing its governance during the period of British rule.
  • B. Prime Minister of Ceylon
    The Prime Minister of Ceylon was the head of government of the former British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), leading the executive branch before the country became a republic.
  • C. Colonial Secretary of Ceylon
    The Colonial Secretary of Ceylon was a senior British colonial administrative post responsible for overseeing civil governance and acting as a chief advisor to the Governor in British-ruled Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
  • D. Chief Justice of Ceylon
    The Chief Justice of Ceylon was the highest-ranking judicial officer and head of the island’s supreme court during the period of British colonial rule and early independence.
  • E. Dutch Governor of Ceylon
    The Dutch Governor of Ceylon was the chief colonial administrator representing the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the period of Dutch rule in the island.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: appointmentPowerDelegatedTo
Context triple: [Queen of Ceylon, appointmentPowerDelegatedTo, Governor-General of Ceylon]
  • A. appointedOnBehalfOf chosen
    Indicates that an appointment or designation is made by one party acting in representation of, or for the benefit of, another party.
  • B. officeAssumedByCurrentRepresentative
    Indicates that the office in question is currently held by the representative who has assumed that position.
  • C. officeAssumedFrom
    Indicates that one party has taken over or begun holding an office or position previously held by another party.
  • D. successorAdministrativeUnit
    Indicates that one administrative unit has officially replaced another in its governing or jurisdictional role.
  • E. officeGrantedFor
    Indicates that an official position or role has been formally conferred upon an entity for a specified purpose, term, or context.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ca8395c438819087d7cb844ab5990c completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6676d5d881908ce78cbb5561a68b completed April 1, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfc1d55d84819094bc2b6e3dd94254 completed April 3, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfc25fdf3481909d9821f7728b0c5b completed April 3, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfc2e808408190b9bc44ed21fc67d9 completed April 3, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69cc5ed3286c8190a21de2ee11f2639f completed March 31, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:57 p.m.