Triple
T20461880
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lord High Treasurer of Ireland |
E501943
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHolder |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Foster
John Foster was an 18th–19th century Irish politician and statesman who played a prominent role in the Kingdom of Ireland’s government prior to the Act of Union.
|
E1433226
|
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: John Foster | Statement: [Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, officeHolder, John Foster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Foster Context triple: [Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, officeHolder, John Foster]
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A.
John Foster Jr.
John Foster Jr. was a prominent 19th-century English architect from Liverpool, known for designing several of the city's notable public buildings and churches.
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B.
John Foster Archbold
John Foster Archbold was the son of American oil magnate and Standard Oil executive John Dustin Archbold.
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C.
John W. Gardner
John W. Gardner was an American reformer, educator, and public official best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and for founding the citizens’ advocacy organization Common Cause.
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D.
John S. Foster Jr.
John S. Foster Jr. is an American physicist and defense official best known for serving as Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense during the Cold War, where he played a key role in nuclear weapons and strategic defense development.
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E.
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative contributions to post-bop, jazz fusion, and electronic music.
- 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: John Foster Triple: [Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, officeHolder, John Foster]
Generated description
John Foster was an 18th–19th century Irish politician and statesman who played a prominent role in the Kingdom of Ireland’s government prior to the Act of Union.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Foster Target entity description: John Foster was an 18th–19th century Irish politician and statesman who played a prominent role in the Kingdom of Ireland’s government prior to the Act of Union.
-
A.
John Foster Jr.
John Foster Jr. was a prominent 19th-century English architect from Liverpool, known for designing several of the city's notable public buildings and churches.
-
B.
John Foster Archbold
John Foster Archbold was the son of American oil magnate and Standard Oil executive John Dustin Archbold.
-
C.
John W. Gardner
John W. Gardner was an American reformer, educator, and public official best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and for founding the citizens’ advocacy organization Common Cause.
-
D.
John S. Foster Jr.
John S. Foster Jr. is an American physicist and defense official best known for serving as Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense during the Cold War, where he played a key role in nuclear weapons and strategic defense development.
-
E.
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative contributions to post-bop, jazz fusion, and electronic music.
- 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_69e0b4ad4940819098cf2ff6413574e5 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e696a761648190b24cf4bb90a8abb1 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a088b16be8081909bcce2bbe7510871 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a088c75b09081908a35bc7a9b6a45ce |
completed | May 16, 2026, 3:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a088d8c3ab08190a399dba52e3c99f5 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 3:30 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:33 a.m.