Triple

T1364788
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Highland Clearances E29177 entity
Predicate notableAgent P7346 FINISHED
Object Patrick Sellar
Patrick Sellar was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer and factor infamous for his central role in the brutal Highland Clearances on the Sutherland estate.
E230287 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Patrick Sellar | Statement: [Highland Clearances, notableAgent, Patrick Sellar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Sellar
Context triple: [Highland Clearances, notableAgent, Patrick Sellar]
  • A. Richard Bristow
    Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
  • B. Richard Hiscott
    Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
  • C. Geoffrey McGivern
    Geoffrey McGivern is a British actor best known for originating the role of Ford Prefect in the radio and early television adaptations of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
  • D. John Brett
    John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
  • E. Brian Pippard
    Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
  • 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: Patrick Sellar
Triple: [Highland Clearances, notableAgent, Patrick Sellar]
Generated description
Patrick Sellar was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer and factor infamous for his central role in the brutal Highland Clearances on the Sutherland estate.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Sellar
Target entity description: Patrick Sellar was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer and factor infamous for his central role in the brutal Highland Clearances on the Sutherland estate.
  • A. Richard Bristow
    Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
  • B. Richard Hiscott
    Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
  • C. Geoffrey McGivern
    Geoffrey McGivern is a British actor best known for originating the role of Ford Prefect in the radio and early television adaptations of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
  • D. John Brett
    John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
  • E. Brian Pippard
    Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableAgent
Context triple: [Highland Clearances, notableAgent, Patrick Sellar]
  • A. notableAdvisor
    Indicates that one entity serves, or has served, as a significant or distinguished advisor to another entity.
  • B. notableFor
    Indicates that an entity is especially recognized or distinguished for a particular quality, achievement, characteristic, or role.
  • C. notableAdversary
    Indicates that one entity is recognized as a significant or prominent opponent or rival of another entity.
  • D. notableProsecutor
    Indicates that the person served as a prosecutor in a way that is widely recognized as significant or noteworthy.
  • E. notableProponent chosen
    Indicates that an entity is a well-known advocate or supporter of another entity, idea, or practice.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a498d77abc8190913bf57e5f51d2c4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c2b725248190bdfdc0031ddc477f completed March 1, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae26d7583c8190b84127ad2e5ca4c1 completed March 9, 2026, 1:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae277895488190ae4a2337cf2ae915 completed March 9, 2026, 1:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae27e7113081909835657bfff3f9e8 completed March 9, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bef945c08190a027472fdd695ea5 completed March 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:57 p.m.