Triple

T13155781
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clan MacDougall E312584 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Dougall mac Somairle
Dougall mac Somairle was a 12th-century Scottish-Gaelic nobleman and son of Somerled, recognized as the progenitor of the Clan MacDougall of Argyll.
E1024051 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: Dougall mac Somairle | Statement: [Clan MacDougall, founder, Dougall mac Somairle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dougall mac Somairle
Context triple: [Clan MacDougall, founder, Dougall mac Somairle]
  • A. Donnchadh mac Crìonain
    Donnchadh mac Crìonain, better known as Duncan I of Scotland, was an 11th-century king whose death at the hands of Macbeth later inspired Shakespeare’s tragedy.
  • B. Fergus Mac-Ivor
    Fergus Mac-Ivor is a charismatic Highland chieftain and Jacobite leader in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "Waverley."
  • C. Domnall mac Donnchada
    Domnall mac Donnchada, better known as Donald III of Scotland, was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic struggles and repeated depositions.
  • D. MacNeil of Barra
    MacNeil of Barra is a historic Scottish clan from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, traditionally led by the Clan Chief whose seat was at Kisimul Castle.
  • E. Niall, Earl of Carrick
    Niall, Earl of Carrick, was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Carrick and was the father of Marjorie, Countess of Carrick.
  • 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: Dougall mac Somairle
Triple: [Clan MacDougall, founder, Dougall mac Somairle]
Generated description
Dougall mac Somairle was a 12th-century Scottish-Gaelic nobleman and son of Somerled, recognized as the progenitor of the Clan MacDougall of Argyll.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dougall mac Somairle
Target entity description: Dougall mac Somairle was a 12th-century Scottish-Gaelic nobleman and son of Somerled, recognized as the progenitor of the Clan MacDougall of Argyll.
  • A. Donnchadh mac Crìonain
    Donnchadh mac Crìonain, better known as Duncan I of Scotland, was an 11th-century king whose death at the hands of Macbeth later inspired Shakespeare’s tragedy.
  • B. Fergus Mac-Ivor
    Fergus Mac-Ivor is a charismatic Highland chieftain and Jacobite leader in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "Waverley."
  • C. Domnall mac Donnchada
    Domnall mac Donnchada, better known as Donald III of Scotland, was a late 11th-century King of Scots whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic struggles and repeated depositions.
  • D. MacNeil of Barra
    MacNeil of Barra is a historic Scottish clan from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, traditionally led by the Clan Chief whose seat was at Kisimul Castle.
  • E. Niall, Earl of Carrick
    Niall, Earl of Carrick, was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman who held the earldom of Carrick and was the father of Marjorie, Countess of Carrick.
  • 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_69d806aabde48190899e13e41659cae5 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98c06ccb881909390df18e1a6f7ed completed April 10, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6eaee8aa0819089994b85d56c7740 completed May 3, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6ef102fb08190b8a9646e5b45155c completed May 3, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6ef933f888190880e680f7f4c1c29 completed May 3, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:12 p.m.