Triple

T12237073
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clan MacFarlane E291623 entity
Predicate clanChiefTitle P1900 FINISHED
Object MacFarlane of that Ilk
MacFarlane of that Ilk is the traditional hereditary chief of Clan MacFarlane, a historic Scottish Highland clan.
 E970829 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: MacFarlane of that Ilk | Statement: [Clan MacFarlane, clanChiefTitle, MacFarlane of that Ilk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacFarlane of that Ilk
Context triple: [Clan MacFarlane, clanChiefTitle, MacFarlane of that Ilk]
  • A. Laird of Dun
    Laird of Dun was a Scottish feudal title associated with the Erskine family estate at Dun in Angus, historically held by prominent figures in the Scottish Reformation.
  • B. Maclean of Brolas
    Maclean of Brolas is a distinguished cadet branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with the Isle of Mull and the clan’s traditional warrior aristocracy.
  • C. Maclean of Drimnin
    Maclean of Drimnin is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands around Drimnin on the west coast of Scotland.
  • D. Maclean of Pennycross
    Maclean of Pennycross is a distinguished cadet branch of the historic Scottish Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with the Isle of Mull and the Hebrides.
  • E. laird of Balnamoon
    The laird of Balnamoon was the hereditary Scottish landowner and chief of the Balnamoon estate, a title held by members of the Carnegie family.
  • 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: MacFarlane of that Ilk
Triple: [Clan MacFarlane, clanChiefTitle, MacFarlane of that Ilk]
Generated description
MacFarlane of that Ilk is the traditional hereditary chief of Clan MacFarlane, a historic Scottish Highland clan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacFarlane of that Ilk
Target entity description: MacFarlane of that Ilk is the traditional hereditary chief of Clan MacFarlane, a historic Scottish Highland clan.
  • A. Laird of Dun
    Laird of Dun was a Scottish feudal title associated with the Erskine family estate at Dun in Angus, historically held by prominent figures in the Scottish Reformation.
  • B. Maclean of Brolas
    Maclean of Brolas is a distinguished cadet branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with the Isle of Mull and the clan’s traditional warrior aristocracy.
  • C. Maclean of Drimnin
    Maclean of Drimnin is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands around Drimnin on the west coast of Scotland.
  • D. Maclean of Pennycross
    Maclean of Pennycross is a distinguished cadet branch of the historic Scottish Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with the Isle of Mull and the Hebrides.
  • E. laird of Balnamoon
    The laird of Balnamoon was the hereditary Scottish landowner and chief of the Balnamoon estate, a title held by members of the Carnegie family.
  • 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_69d91cb2892c81909a97b3ad6ec2c21b completed April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60ab19a4c8190b4692d7ab0d02a12 completed May 2, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f60bdd8d508190813178ff4c77afcf completed May 2, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60c67c680819087630d190d0a008f completed May 2, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.