Triple

T11681562
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alasdair MacColla E277626 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Alasdair MacDonald
Alasdair MacDonald, better known as Alasdair MacColla, was a 17th-century Scottish Gaelic warrior and Royalist commander noted for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in the Scottish Highlands.
E942384 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: Alasdair MacDonald | Statement: [Alasdair MacColla, alsoKnownAs, Alasdair MacDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alasdair MacDonald
Context triple: [Alasdair MacColla, alsoKnownAs, Alasdair MacDonald]
  • A. Andrew Craigie
    Andrew Craigie was an 18th-century American apothecary and the first Apothecary General of the U.S. Army during the Revolutionary War.
  • B. Graham Sturgeon
    Graham Sturgeon is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Sturgeon, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
  • C. Alisdair Stewart
    Alisdair Stewart is a central character in the 1993 film "The Piano," known as the emotionally complex husband whose relationship with the mute pianist Ada drives much of the drama.
  • D. Ian G. Macdonald
    Ian G. Macdonald is a British mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebra, particularly in symmetric functions and commutative algebra, and for authoring several classic graduate-level textbooks.
  • E. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • 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: Alasdair MacDonald
Triple: [Alasdair MacColla, alsoKnownAs, Alasdair MacDonald]
Generated description
Alasdair MacDonald, better known as Alasdair MacColla, was a 17th-century Scottish Gaelic warrior and Royalist commander noted for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in the Scottish Highlands.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alasdair MacDonald
Target entity description: Alasdair MacDonald, better known as Alasdair MacColla, was a 17th-century Scottish Gaelic warrior and Royalist commander noted for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in the Scottish Highlands.
  • A. Andrew Craigie
    Andrew Craigie was an 18th-century American apothecary and the first Apothecary General of the U.S. Army during the Revolutionary War.
  • B. Graham Sturgeon
    Graham Sturgeon is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Sturgeon, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
  • C. Alisdair Stewart
    Alisdair Stewart is a central character in the 1993 film "The Piano," known as the emotionally complex husband whose relationship with the mute pianist Ada drives much of the drama.
  • D. Ian G. Macdonald
    Ian G. Macdonald is a British mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebra, particularly in symmetric functions and commutative algebra, and for authoring several classic graduate-level textbooks.
  • E. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • 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_69d6aafd0a448190b44da30af8c6c519 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a462bb2881909238107d34c0a28d completed April 10, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ef83098e2c819081c22462372f64b4 completed April 27, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef96b0169081909ad5c5d40a006e64 completed April 27, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69efb4dad6a481909a54511b6233993b completed April 27, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.