Triple
T12813880
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mack |
E306340
|
entity |
| Predicate | shortFormOf |
P43
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Macdonald |
E301571
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Macdonald | Statement: [Mack, shortFormOf, Macdonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macdonald Context triple: [Mack, shortFormOf, Macdonald]
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A.
Maclean
Maclean is a riverside town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known for its strong Scottish heritage and annual Highland Gathering.
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B.
MacDonald
chosen
MacDonald is a common Scottish surname historically associated with the powerful Clan Donald and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, and public life.
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C.
William Christopher Macdonald
William Christopher Macdonald was a Canadian tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist best known for his major endowments to education, including funding institutions such as the Macdonald Institute.
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D.
John MacDonald
John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
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E.
John Mackenzie
John Mackenzie was a Scottish film and television director best known for his gritty British crime drama "The Long Good Friday" (1980).
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d7bdf46c448190b1faa55aaacb6317 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96e9adcf08190a12801adcc613477 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f68ecc83b88190a6f1ab0bb1ebaf76 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:31 p.m.