Triple

T13663498
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erskine family E327054 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, was an 18th-century Scottish peer, antiquary, and founder of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, known for his eccentric personality and promotion of Scottish history and culture.
E1083315 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: David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan | Statement: [Erskine family, notableMember, David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
Context triple: [Erskine family, notableMember, David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan]
  • A. James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
    James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn was a British soldier and Tory politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and played a prominent role in early 19th-century British government.
  • B. Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
    Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, was a Scottish nobleman who became the first Duke of Fife and gained prominence through his marriage to Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.
  • C. Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes
    Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and influential political figure who played a leading role in the Protestant Reformation in Scotland.
  • D. Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch
    Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and influential landowner known for his political career and extensive estates in Scotland and England.
  • E. William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale
    William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, was a Scottish nobleman best known for his dramatic escape from the Tower of London in 1716, orchestrated by his wife to save him from execution after the Jacobite rising.
  • 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: David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
Triple: [Erskine family, notableMember, David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan]
Generated description
David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, was an 18th-century Scottish peer, antiquary, and founder of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, known for his eccentric personality and promotion of Scottish history and culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
Target entity description: David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, was an 18th-century Scottish peer, antiquary, and founder of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, known for his eccentric personality and promotion of Scottish history and culture.
  • A. James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
    James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn was a British soldier and Tory politician who served as Lord Privy Seal and played a prominent role in early 19th-century British government.
  • B. Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
    Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, was a Scottish nobleman who became the first Duke of Fife and gained prominence through his marriage to Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.
  • C. Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes
    Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes, was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and influential political figure who played a leading role in the Protestant Reformation in Scotland.
  • D. Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch
    Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and influential landowner known for his political career and extensive estates in Scotland and England.
  • E. William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale
    William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, was a Scottish nobleman best known for his dramatic escape from the Tower of London in 1716, orchestrated by his wife to save him from execution after the Jacobite rising.
  • 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_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_69fcf7cfcf748190944ffea7582d4f66 completed May 7, 2026, 8:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd0141a9408190ad2503d0c18b3f77 completed May 7, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd019ffff881908a9e62df81058b17 completed May 7, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:52 p.m.