Triple
T12007750
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Swinney |
E285825
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Swinney
Swinney is a Scottish surname most prominently associated with politician John Swinney, a senior figure in the Scottish National Party.
|
E960395
|
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: Swinney | Statement: [John Swinney, familyName, Swinney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swinney Context triple: [John Swinney, familyName, Swinney]
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A.
Strachan
Strachan is a Scottish surname of Gaelic origin associated with various notable individuals and a historic clan from the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland.
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B.
McAvennie
McAvennie is the surname of Frank McAvennie, a former Scottish professional footballer best known for his prolific goal-scoring spells with St Mirren, West Ham United, and Celtic in the 1980s.
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C.
John Snodgrass
John Snodgrass is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the Snodgrass surname.
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D.
Cullen Moss
Cullen Moss is an American actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like the romantic drama "Dear John."
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E.
Scott Devine
Scott Devine is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of VMware, a pioneering company in virtualization and cloud computing.
- 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: Swinney Triple: [John Swinney, familyName, Swinney]
Generated description
Swinney is a Scottish surname most prominently associated with politician John Swinney, a senior figure in the Scottish National Party.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swinney Target entity description: Swinney is a Scottish surname most prominently associated with politician John Swinney, a senior figure in the Scottish National Party.
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A.
Strachan
Strachan is a Scottish surname of Gaelic origin associated with various notable individuals and a historic clan from the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland.
-
B.
McAvennie
McAvennie is the surname of Frank McAvennie, a former Scottish professional footballer best known for his prolific goal-scoring spells with St Mirren, West Ham United, and Celtic in the 1980s.
-
C.
John Snodgrass
John Snodgrass is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the Snodgrass surname.
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D.
Cullen Moss
Cullen Moss is an American actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like the romantic drama "Dear John."
-
E.
Scott Devine
Scott Devine is a technology entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of VMware, a pioneering company in virtualization and cloud computing.
- 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_69d6ab45a368819084fce08bf0dc3705 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d903c5cfc08190821e4b2940c51416 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f48b1570208190a08c64e028f67d81 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f48fc6da4c81908442f18cb4a65b27 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f495cc50908190aab4f8ca64c66ef3 |
completed | May 1, 2026, noon |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.