Triple

T13453276
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earls of Buchan E311163 entity
Predicate hasHolder P1911 FINISHED
Object James Douglas, Earl of Buchan
James Douglas, Earl of Buchan, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and member of the powerful Douglas family who held the earldom of Buchan during the turbulent late medieval period in Scotland.
E1144666 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: James Douglas, Earl of Buchan | Statement: [Earls of Buchan, hasHolder, James Douglas, Earl of Buchan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Douglas, Earl of Buchan
Context triple: [Earls of Buchan, hasHolder, James Douglas, Earl of Buchan]
  • A. 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.
  • B. James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
    James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
  • 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. George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
    George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose marriage into the Douglas family founded the influential “Red Douglas” line.
  • E. Erskine Earls of Buchan
    The Erskine Earls of Buchan were a prominent Scottish noble family who held the historic earldom of Buchan and played significant roles in the political and social life of 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: James Douglas, Earl of Buchan
Triple: [Earls of Buchan, hasHolder, James Douglas, Earl of Buchan]
Generated description
James Douglas, Earl of Buchan, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and member of the powerful Douglas family who held the earldom of Buchan during the turbulent late medieval period in Scotland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Douglas, Earl of Buchan
Target entity description: James Douglas, Earl of Buchan, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and member of the powerful Douglas family who held the earldom of Buchan during the turbulent late medieval period in Scotland.
  • A. 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.
  • B. James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
    James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
  • 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. George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
    George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose marriage into the Douglas family founded the influential “Red Douglas” line.
  • E. Erskine Earls of Buchan
    The Erskine Earls of Buchan were a prominent Scottish noble family who held the historic earldom of Buchan and played significant roles in the political and social life of 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_69d806a938b8819097ec43a2229fc7f9 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaefae85481909e6a59797cbb25e7 completed April 12, 2026, 2:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fedd19164481909c2f35fbebf6150e completed May 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fede23eab88190ab026382ba3ea06b completed May 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fede93c6a88190afc35f9e3f16a6f2 completed May 9, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:41 p.m.