Triple

T10810851
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sheila MacRae E255094 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object William Gordon MacRae
William Gordon MacRae is one of the children of British-born American actress and singer Sheila MacRae.
 E908129 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 Gordon MacRae | Statement: [Sheila MacRae, child, William Gordon MacRae]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Gordon MacRae
Context triple: [Sheila MacRae, child, William Gordon MacRae]
  • A. John MacRae
    John MacRae is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as the military, politics, and the arts.
  • B. Donald MacRae
    Donald MacRae is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the MacRae surname.
  • C. Iain MacRae
    Iain MacRae is a notable individual who bears the Scottish surname MacRae, recognized among people associated with that family name.
  • D. Allan MacRae
    Allan MacRae was an American Presbyterian theologian and biblical scholar known for his conservative evangelical stance and leadership in founding and guiding several theological seminaries.
  • E. Norman MacLeod
    Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
  • 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 Gordon MacRae
Triple: [Sheila MacRae, child, William Gordon MacRae]
Generated description
William Gordon MacRae is one of the children of British-born American actress and singer Sheila MacRae.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Gordon MacRae
Target entity description: William Gordon MacRae is one of the children of British-born American actress and singer Sheila MacRae.
  • A. John MacRae
    John MacRae is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as the military, politics, and the arts.
  • B. Donald MacRae
    Donald MacRae is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the MacRae surname.
  • C. Iain MacRae
    Iain MacRae is a notable individual who bears the Scottish surname MacRae, recognized among people associated with that family name.
  • D. Allan MacRae
    Allan MacRae was an American Presbyterian theologian and biblical scholar known for his conservative evangelical stance and leadership in founding and guiding several theological seminaries.
  • E. Norman MacLeod
    Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
  • 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_69d6aa61c15c8190a1839550c56e75e1 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d733b7bfac8190b6ae34144376d6ad completed April 9, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e46262a8f88190869c2161c3b10a19 completed April 19, 2026, 5:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4666f98ac81908b3d3b8a6a8af8c9 completed April 19, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e46c3f28dc8190a521c00151b01fde completed April 19, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:18 p.m.