Triple

T14425767
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Harlaw E357694 entity
Predicate belligerent P375 FINISHED
Object Forces of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar
The Forces of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar were the Lowland and loyalist army that opposed Donald of Islay’s Highland host in the 1411 Battle of Harlaw, a pivotal clash in medieval Scottish history.
E1099818 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Forces of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar | Statement: [Battle of Harlaw, belligerent, Forces of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Forces of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar
Context triple: [Battle of Harlaw, belligerent, Forces of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar]
  • A. Montrose’s 1644–1645 Scottish campaign
    Montrose’s 1644–1645 Scottish campaign was a series of swift and devastating Royalist victories in Scotland during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, led by James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, using a small, mobile force of Highlanders and Irish troops.
  • B. Black Douglas family forces
    The Black Douglas family forces were the private army of the powerful Douglas noble house in 15th-century Scotland, ultimately defeated by royal troops in conflicts such as the Battle of Arkinholm.
  • C. Battle of Sheriffmuir
    The Battle of Sheriffmuir was an inconclusive 1715 clash in Scotland between Jacobite forces and the British government army that effectively halted the Jacobite advance during the rising of 1715.
  • D. Siege of Leith
    The Siege of Leith was a 1560 military campaign in which Scottish Protestant lords, aided by English forces, besieged the French-held port of Leith, leading to the withdrawal of French troops from Scotland and a major shift in the Scottish Reformation.
  • E. The Battle of Stirling
    "The Battle of Stirling" is a dramatic orchestral cue from James Horner’s score for the film *Braveheart*, underscoring the movie’s pivotal large-scale battle sequence with intense, emotionally charged music.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Forces of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar
Target entity description: The Forces of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar were the Lowland and loyalist army that opposed Donald of Islay’s Highland host in the 1411 Battle of Harlaw, a pivotal clash in medieval Scottish history.
  • A. Montrose’s 1644–1645 Scottish campaign
    Montrose’s 1644–1645 Scottish campaign was a series of swift and devastating Royalist victories in Scotland during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, led by James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, using a small, mobile force of Highlanders and Irish troops.
  • B. Black Douglas family forces
    The Black Douglas family forces were the private army of the powerful Douglas noble house in 15th-century Scotland, ultimately defeated by royal troops in conflicts such as the Battle of Arkinholm.
  • C. Battle of Sheriffmuir
    The Battle of Sheriffmuir was an inconclusive 1715 clash in Scotland between Jacobite forces and the British government army that effectively halted the Jacobite advance during the rising of 1715.
  • D. Siege of Leith
    The Siege of Leith was a 1560 military campaign in which Scottish Protestant lords, aided by English forces, besieged the French-held port of Leith, leading to the withdrawal of French troops from Scotland and a major shift in the Scottish Reformation.
  • E. The Battle of Stirling
    "The Battle of Stirling" is a dramatic orchestral cue from James Horner’s score for the film *Braveheart*, underscoring the movie’s pivotal large-scale battle sequence with intense, emotionally charged music.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Forces of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar
Triple: [Battle of Harlaw, belligerent, Forces of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar]
Generated description
The Forces of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar were the Lowland and loyalist army that opposed Donald of Islay’s Highland host in the 1411 Battle of Harlaw, a pivotal clash in medieval Scottish history.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d8279402a88190821ffa39ae15bccf elicitation completed
NER batch_69de911398f08190be85bc0a8bef6b1b ner completed
NED1 batch_69fd5bcfa1d88190b59cefd3e305f55f ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69fd5df48f7481909764bc4e23c0b04a ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69fd5d6af9ac8190a37f11b0f8a1db0f nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.