Triple
T8930803
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | President of Sri Lanka |
E212647
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstHolder |
P291
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Gopallawa
William Gopallawa was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as the country’s last Governor-General and later as its first non-executive President during the transition from dominion to republic.
|
E784624
|
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 Gopallawa | Statement: [President of Sri Lanka, firstHolder, William Gopallawa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gopallawa Context triple: [President of Sri Lanka, firstHolder, William Gopallawa]
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A.
Kumar Dharmasena
Kumar Dharmasena is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who became a prominent elite panel umpire, officiating in major events such as the Cricket World Cup.
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B.
Philip Gunawardena
Philip Gunawardena was a prominent Sri Lankan socialist leader and independence activist often regarded as a key architect of the country’s leftist political movement.
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C.
Ranjan Madugalle
Ranjan Madugalle is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who became a prominent ICC match referee, overseeing numerous high-profile international matches and tournaments.
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D.
Subaskaran Allirajah
Subaskaran Allirajah is a Sri Lankan-born British Tamil entrepreneur and film producer best known as the founder and chairman of the Lyca Group and its film production arm, Lyca Productions.
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E.
Sir John Kotelawala
Sir John Kotelawala was a Sri Lankan statesman and military officer who served as the country’s third Prime Minister in the 1950s.
- 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 Gopallawa Triple: [President of Sri Lanka, firstHolder, William Gopallawa]
Generated description
William Gopallawa was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as the country’s last Governor-General and later as its first non-executive President during the transition from dominion to republic.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gopallawa Target entity description: William Gopallawa was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as the country’s last Governor-General and later as its first non-executive President during the transition from dominion to republic.
-
A.
Kumar Dharmasena
Kumar Dharmasena is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who became a prominent elite panel umpire, officiating in major events such as the Cricket World Cup.
-
B.
Philip Gunawardena
Philip Gunawardena was a prominent Sri Lankan socialist leader and independence activist often regarded as a key architect of the country’s leftist political movement.
-
C.
Ranjan Madugalle
Ranjan Madugalle is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who became a prominent ICC match referee, overseeing numerous high-profile international matches and tournaments.
-
D.
Subaskaran Allirajah
Subaskaran Allirajah is a Sri Lankan-born British Tamil entrepreneur and film producer best known as the founder and chairman of the Lyca Group and its film production arm, Lyca Productions.
-
E.
Sir John Kotelawala
Sir John Kotelawala was a Sri Lankan statesman and military officer who served as the country’s third Prime Minister in the 1950s.
- 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_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_69d065b51dd881908a7cb8c02562801b |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d066f0aa588190997de81afd8dc0b5 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d067e17fac819095544182f3232bf5 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:57 p.m.