Triple
T9214020
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen |
E221197
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Secretary of State for War and the Colonies |
E661200
|
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: Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Statement: [George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, positionHeld, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Context triple: [George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, positionHeld, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]
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A.
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
chosen
The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a senior British cabinet post responsible for overseeing both military affairs and the administration of the British Empire’s colonies during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Secretary of State for War
The Secretary of State for War was a senior British government minister responsible for overseeing the administration, organization, and policy of the British Army before the role was abolished and its functions absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.
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C.
Under-Secretary of State for War
The Under-Secretary of State for War was a junior British government ministerial post within the War Office, responsible for assisting in the administration and oversight of the Army.
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D.
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War was the senior civil servant responsible for overseeing the administration and day-to-day operations of the British Army within the United Kingdom government.
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E.
Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies was a senior British Cabinet minister responsible for overseeing the administration and governance of the British Empire’s colonial territories.
- 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_69ca83eae42c8190a0ea9e040710a277 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ccda06bf80819094c6e74b4b6a31e4 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d06613daf88190a0128fd53ea1b134 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 1:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:27 p.m.