Triple

T14418611
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kerr family E357520 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe
Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and statesman of the early 17th century who played a significant role in the political affairs of Scotland and the court of King James VI and I.
 E1123043 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: Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe | Statement: [Kerr family, notableMember, Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe
Context triple: [Kerr family, notableMember, Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe]
  • A. John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe
    John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, was a prominent early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the government around the time of the Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
  • B. Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian
    Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the early 17th century, influential in the turbulent affairs of Scotland under the Stuart monarchy.
  • C. William Kerr, 3rd Earl of Lothian
    William Kerr, 3rd Earl of Lothian was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the turbulent civil and religious conflicts of his time.
  • D. James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar
    James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
  • E. John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
    John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
  • 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: Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe
Triple: [Kerr family, notableMember, Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe]
Generated description
Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and statesman of the early 17th century who played a significant role in the political affairs of Scotland and the court of King James VI and I.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe
Target entity description: Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Roxburghe, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and statesman of the early 17th century who played a significant role in the political affairs of Scotland and the court of King James VI and I.
  • A. John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe
    John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, was a prominent early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the government around the time of the Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
  • B. Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian
    Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician of the early 17th century, influential in the turbulent affairs of Scotland under the Stuart monarchy.
  • C. William Kerr, 3rd Earl of Lothian
    William Kerr, 3rd Earl of Lothian was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a significant role in the turbulent civil and religious conflicts of his time.
  • D. James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar
    James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and military commander who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
  • E. John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
    John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, was a prominent Scottish soldier, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senior British commander during the War of the Austrian Succession.
  • 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_69d82793421c8190861eb0e673b085de completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de90cec8e4819087c72d82f9caacda completed April 14, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe387f28688190b9d20f1e2bbc0ddc completed May 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe6128b2948190988aea647d54426e completed May 8, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe617af4a881908a906c34995d2403 completed May 8, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.