Triple

T17494628
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Port Nicholson E426024 entity
Predicate discoveredByEuropeans P412 FINISHED
Object James Herd
James Herd was a 19th-century European mariner credited with the first recorded European discovery of Port Nicholson, the harbor of present-day Wellington, New Zealand.
 E1279557 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: James Herd | Statement: [Port Nicholson, discoveredByEuropeans, James Herd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Herd
Context triple: [Port Nicholson, discoveredByEuropeans, James Herd]
  • A. James Heald
    James Heald was a notable figure significant enough in South African or local colonial history to have the settlement of Healdtown near Fort Beaufort named in his honor.
  • B. Gary Mounfield
    Gary Mounfield, also known as Mani, is an English bassist best known for his influential work with the Stone Roses and later with the rock band Primal Scream.
  • C. Ian Ward
    Ian Ward is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as sports, academia, and the arts.
  • D. Hugh Millard
    Hugh Millard is a British diplomat who has served as Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory.
  • E. Richard Bristow
    Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
  • 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: James Herd
Triple: [Port Nicholson, discoveredByEuropeans, James Herd]
Generated description
James Herd was a 19th-century European mariner credited with the first recorded European discovery of Port Nicholson, the harbor of present-day Wellington, New Zealand.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Herd
Target entity description: James Herd was a 19th-century European mariner credited with the first recorded European discovery of Port Nicholson, the harbor of present-day Wellington, New Zealand.
  • A. James Heald
    James Heald was a notable figure significant enough in South African or local colonial history to have the settlement of Healdtown near Fort Beaufort named in his honor.
  • B. Gary Mounfield
    Gary Mounfield, also known as Mani, is an English bassist best known for his influential work with the Stone Roses and later with the rock band Primal Scream.
  • C. Ian Ward
    Ian Ward is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as sports, academia, and the arts.
  • D. Hugh Millard
    Hugh Millard is a British diplomat who has served as Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory.
  • E. Richard Bristow
    Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
  • 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_69d889dccf7481909264a1844a2e9100 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e451d782688190afb76fa080867315 completed April 19, 2026, 3:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a020a85995081909423f5bc0f04f77d completed May 11, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a020ceb9cb48190a557d0da2197a745 completed May 11, 2026, 5:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a020d3f8df88190a4d018c08a2a5dec completed May 11, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m.