Triple

T13663493
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erskine family E327054 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine
Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine, was a prominent British lawyer and Whig politician renowned as one of the greatest advocates of his era, particularly for his landmark defenses of civil liberties and freedom of speech in late 18th-century England.
E790629 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: Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine | Statement: [Erskine family, notableMember, Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine
Context triple: [Erskine family, notableMember, Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine]
  • A. Thomas Erskine
    Thomas Erskine was a prominent British lawyer and Whig politician renowned for his eloquent advocacy of civil liberties and landmark defenses of free speech in late 18th-century England.
  • B. Thomas Erskine, 6th Lord Erskine
    Thomas Erskine, 6th Lord Erskine was a Scottish nobleman of the Erskine family who held the historic title of Earl of Mar.
  • C. John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine
    John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and political figure known for his prominent role in the Protestant Reformation in Scotland.
  • D. William Erskine
    William Erskine was a British Army officer and cavalry commander during the Napoleonic Wars, noted for his controversial leadership in the Peninsular campaign.
  • E. William Erskine
    William Erskine was a British Army officer and general during the American Revolutionary War, noted for his leadership in several key engagements.
  • 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: Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine
Triple: [Erskine family, notableMember, Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine]
Generated description
Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine, was a prominent British lawyer and Whig politician renowned as one of the greatest advocates of his era, particularly for his landmark defenses of civil liberties and freedom of speech in late 18th-century England.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine
Target entity description: Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine, was a prominent British lawyer and Whig politician renowned as one of the greatest advocates of his era, particularly for his landmark defenses of civil liberties and freedom of speech in late 18th-century England.
  • A. Thomas Erskine chosen
    Thomas Erskine was a prominent British lawyer and Whig politician renowned for his eloquent advocacy of civil liberties and landmark defenses of free speech in late 18th-century England.
  • B. Thomas Erskine, 6th Lord Erskine
    Thomas Erskine, 6th Lord Erskine was a Scottish nobleman of the Erskine family who held the historic title of Earl of Mar.
  • C. John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine
    John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and political figure known for his prominent role in the Protestant Reformation in Scotland.
  • D. William Erskine
    William Erskine was a British Army officer and cavalry commander during the Napoleonic Wars, noted for his controversial leadership in the Peninsular campaign.
  • E. William Erskine
    William Erskine was a British Army officer and general during the American Revolutionary War, noted for his leadership in several key engagements.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8076d8270819092afc2f0e9c359a8 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbc622a07c81909ef7fb55e719dd9a completed April 12, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f78b0ac4c88190ab6f753c6847eb6e completed May 3, 2026, 5:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f78cdf1a74819087b0370060ddfa99 completed May 3, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f78e00007c81909007a751fd4625c2 completed May 3, 2026, 6:03 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:52 p.m.