Triple
T10418471
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Macmillan and Co. |
E245581
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alexander Macmillan |
E259551
|
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: Alexander Macmillan | Statement: [Macmillan and Co., foundedBy, Alexander Macmillan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Macmillan Context triple: [Macmillan and Co., foundedBy, Alexander Macmillan]
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A.
Alexander Macmillan
chosen
Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
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B.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
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C.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald is a Canadian municipal politician who served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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E.
Alexander Tilloch
Alexander Tilloch was a Scottish inventor, printer, and editor best known for his influential role in early 19th-century scientific publishing.
- 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_69d381be340c8190b05998703d42d224 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4ea2938188190a908316d0a0959be |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:27 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d979ecfef48190a6014601bcddf761 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:11 p.m.