Triple

T13512018
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dumfries Academy E322662 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object James Harkness (Scottish clergyman)
James Harkness was a prominent Scottish Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly and as Chaplain General to the British Armed Forces.
 E1044494 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 Harkness (Scottish clergyman) | Statement: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, James Harkness (Scottish clergyman)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Harkness (Scottish clergyman)
Context triple: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, James Harkness (Scottish clergyman)]
  • A. Francis Cockburn
    Francis Cockburn was a British colonial official after whom Cockburn Town in the Turks and Caicos Islands was named.
  • B. William Burnes
    William Burnes was a Scottish farmer and the father of poet Robert Burns, best known for having the Burns Cottage built as the family home where Robert was born.
  • C. Edward Hogg
    Edward Hogg is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "White Lightnin'" and "Anonymous."
  • D. William Lamberton
    William Lamberton was a prominent early 14th-century Scottish bishop and staunch supporter of Scottish independence, closely associated with figures like Robert the Bruce.
  • E. Thomas Horace Hastings
    Thomas Horace Hastings was an individual significant enough in local history or development to have the town of Hastings, Florida, named in his honor.
  • 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 Harkness (Scottish clergyman)
Triple: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, James Harkness (Scottish clergyman)]
Generated description
James Harkness was a prominent Scottish Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly and as Chaplain General to the British Armed Forces.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Harkness (Scottish clergyman)
Target entity description: James Harkness was a prominent Scottish Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly and as Chaplain General to the British Armed Forces.
  • A. Francis Cockburn
    Francis Cockburn was a British colonial official after whom Cockburn Town in the Turks and Caicos Islands was named.
  • B. William Burnes
    William Burnes was a Scottish farmer and the father of poet Robert Burns, best known for having the Burns Cottage built as the family home where Robert was born.
  • C. Edward Hogg
    Edward Hogg is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "White Lightnin'" and "Anonymous."
  • D. William Lamberton
    William Lamberton was a prominent early 14th-century Scottish bishop and staunch supporter of Scottish independence, closely associated with figures like Robert the Bruce.
  • E. Thomas Horace Hastings
    Thomas Horace Hastings was an individual significant enough in local history or development to have the town of Hastings, Florida, named in his honor.
  • 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_69d80766a21881909f21a1b7421d3b8a completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf86a6208190be8c18f7a0158f23 completed April 12, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75492676c81909602745e2b6436cb completed May 3, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7555173d08190be887e81c148192e completed May 3, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f75675df788190b4aa562fe0bc1d75 completed May 3, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:43 p.m.