Triple

T11780668
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Hogg E280136 entity
Predicate nickname P55 FINISHED
Object Ettrick Shepherd
Ettrick Shepherd is the nickname of James Hogg, a Scottish poet and novelist known for his rustic background and works like "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner."
E949611 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: Ettrick Shepherd | Statement: [James Hogg, nickname, Ettrick Shepherd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ettrick Shepherd
Context triple: [James Hogg, nickname, Ettrick Shepherd]
  • A. Ettrick Hills
    Ettrick Hills are a range of rolling, often remote hills in the Scottish Borders, forming part of the broader Southern Uplands landscape.
  • B. Ecclefechan
    Ecclefechan is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, noted as the birthplace of the writer and historian Thomas Carlyle.
  • C. Ettrick Forest
    Ettrick Forest is a historic woodland region in the Scottish Borders, famed in medieval times as a royal hunting ground and later as a stronghold and heartland of powerful Border families such as Clan Douglas.
  • D. Strathendrick
    Strathendrick is a rural district in central Scotland, centered on the River Endrick and known for its pastoral landscapes and small villages.
  • E. Glen Tanar
    Glen Tanar is a scenic glen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its ancient Caledonian pine forest, wildlife, and outdoor recreation within the Cairngorms National Park.
  • 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: Ettrick Shepherd
Triple: [James Hogg, nickname, Ettrick Shepherd]
Generated description
Ettrick Shepherd is the nickname of James Hogg, a Scottish poet and novelist known for his rustic background and works like "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ettrick Shepherd
Target entity description: Ettrick Shepherd is the nickname of James Hogg, a Scottish poet and novelist known for his rustic background and works like "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner."
  • A. Ettrick Hills
    Ettrick Hills are a range of rolling, often remote hills in the Scottish Borders, forming part of the broader Southern Uplands landscape.
  • B. Ecclefechan
    Ecclefechan is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, noted as the birthplace of the writer and historian Thomas Carlyle.
  • C. Ettrick Forest
    Ettrick Forest is a historic woodland region in the Scottish Borders, famed in medieval times as a royal hunting ground and later as a stronghold and heartland of powerful Border families such as Clan Douglas.
  • D. Strathendrick
    Strathendrick is a rural district in central Scotland, centered on the River Endrick and known for its pastoral landscapes and small villages.
  • E. Glen Tanar
    Glen Tanar is a scenic glen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its ancient Caledonian pine forest, wildlife, and outdoor recreation within the Cairngorms National Park.
  • 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_69d6ab01d2688190ad8ed6bda487eaa5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a5623f708190a18aea570577a3f6 completed April 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f166aed0908190b43e01b674382b1f completed April 29, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f16e31ebfc81908255e24b96bf9a99 completed April 29, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f1a09eae7481908200709ae9721d53 completed April 29, 2026, 6:09 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.