Triple
T8930794
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | President of Sri Lanka |
E212647
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededByOffice |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Governor-General of Ceylon |
E767186
|
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: Governor-General of Ceylon | Statement: [President of Sri Lanka, precededByOffice, Governor-General of Ceylon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Governor-General of Ceylon Context triple: [President of Sri Lanka, precededByOffice, Governor-General of Ceylon]
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A.
Governor-General of Ceylon
chosen
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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).
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E.
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.
- 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_69ca8395c438819087d7cb844ab5990c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc668cdc0c8190b908fd23cbdef534 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:27 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfd095a07c81908e164cfa68fb693e |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:57 p.m.