Triple

T13560687

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Protestant Lords of the Congregation	`E323898`	entity
Predicate	member	`P10`	FINISHED
Object	William Maitland of Lethington William Maitland of Lethington was a prominent 16th-century Scottish diplomat and secretary of state, noted for his political influence during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots and the early Scottish Reformation.	`E1162928`	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: William Maitland of Lethington | Statement: [Protestant Lords of the Congregation, member, William Maitland of Lethington]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: William Maitland of Lethington
Context triple: [Protestant Lords of the Congregation, member, William Maitland of Lethington]

A. James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and political figure who played a key role in the turbulent politics of the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots.
B. James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
C. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
D. James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Morton earldom during the 18th century.
E. George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton, was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held a prominent peerage in early modern 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: William Maitland of Lethington
Triple: [Protestant Lords of the Congregation, member, William Maitland of Lethington]

Generated description

William Maitland of Lethington was a prominent 16th-century Scottish diplomat and secretary of state, noted for his political influence during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots and the early Scottish Reformation.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: William Maitland of Lethington
Target entity description: William Maitland of Lethington was a prominent 16th-century Scottish diplomat and secretary of state, noted for his political influence during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots and the early Scottish Reformation.

A. James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and political figure who played a key role in the turbulent politics of the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots.
B. James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
C. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
D. James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Morton earldom during the 18th century.
E. George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton
George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton, was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held a prominent peerage in early modern 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_69d8076830b48190910a902bae5888e2`	completed	April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69dbaff5219081909cf60423e79d278f`	completed	April 12, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ff453c189c8190ac73204b7ac68dda`	completed	May 9, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ff46341e148190a8ad921b7df7c191`	completed	May 9, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ff46bdcef48190b23b1ec5e8ac3c2b`	completed	May 9, 2026, 2:37 p.m.

Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:47 p.m.