Triple

T12228023
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Archibald the Grim E291403 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object William Douglas of Nithsdale
William Douglas of Nithsdale was a medieval Scottish nobleman and soldier of the powerful Douglas family, noted for his role in the Anglo-Scottish conflicts of the late 14th and early 15th centuries.
E987068 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 Douglas of Nithsdale | Statement: [Archibald the Grim, child, William Douglas of Nithsdale]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Douglas of Nithsdale
Context triple: [Archibald the Grim, child, William Douglas of Nithsdale]
  • A. James Douglas of Balveny
    James Douglas of Balveny was a medieval Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family, known as a younger son of the influential lord Archibald the Grim.
  • B. William le Hardi Douglas
    William le Hardi Douglas was a 13th-century Scottish noble and warrior known for his staunch resistance to English rule during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • C. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
  • D. John Stewart, Earl of Buchan
    John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and military commander of the early 15th century who notably fought for France during the Hundred Years’ War and was killed at the Battle of Verneuil in 1424.
  • E. John Graham of Claverhouse
    John Graham of Claverhouse was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and soldier, later titled Viscount Dundee, notorious for his role in suppressing Covenanters during the religious conflicts in 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 Douglas of Nithsdale
Triple: [Archibald the Grim, child, William Douglas of Nithsdale]
Generated description
William Douglas of Nithsdale was a medieval Scottish nobleman and soldier of the powerful Douglas family, noted for his role in the Anglo-Scottish conflicts of the late 14th and early 15th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Douglas of Nithsdale
Target entity description: William Douglas of Nithsdale was a medieval Scottish nobleman and soldier of the powerful Douglas family, noted for his role in the Anglo-Scottish conflicts of the late 14th and early 15th centuries.
  • A. James Douglas of Balveny
    James Douglas of Balveny was a medieval Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family, known as a younger son of the influential lord Archibald the Grim.
  • B. William le Hardi Douglas
    William le Hardi Douglas was a 13th-century Scottish noble and warrior known for his staunch resistance to English rule during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • C. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
  • D. John Stewart, Earl of Buchan
    John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and military commander of the early 15th century who notably fought for France during the Hundred Years’ War and was killed at the Battle of Verneuil in 1424.
  • E. John Graham of Claverhouse
    John Graham of Claverhouse was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and soldier, later titled Viscount Dundee, notorious for his role in suppressing Covenanters during the religious conflicts in 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_69d6ab668acc8190963ba424049d6aee completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91ca34fe88190900c8791c70948b7 completed April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f64b873c308190a2c1d02723cfa2e9 completed May 2, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64ce0ca288190bbbcb5459f914c19 completed May 2, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f64df6488481909dea8387e7000d15 completed May 2, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.