Triple

T15039761
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iain M. Banks E378569 entity
Predicate placeOfDeath P21 FINISHED
Object Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Kirkcaldy, in Fife on Scotland’s east coast, is a historic former royal burgh and coastal town known for its industrial heritage and long seafront.
 E1136085 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: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | Statement: [Iain M. Banks, placeOfDeath, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Context triple: [Iain M. Banks, placeOfDeath, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland]
  • A. Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Dunfermline, in Fife, Scotland, is a historic town best known as the birthplace of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
  • B. Dumfries, Scotland
    Dumfries, Scotland is a historic market town and former royal burgh in southwest Scotland, known as the "Queen of the South" and noted for its association with poet Robert Burns.
  • C. Calder, Scotland
    Calder, Scotland is a historic locality in Scotland known as the birthplace of the 17th-century Archbishop and historian John Spottiswoode.
  • D. Clyde, Scotland
    Clyde, Scotland is a historic river and estuarine region in western Scotland known for its major shipbuilding industry and role as a key maritime and naval hub.
  • E. East Neuk of Fife
    East Neuk of Fife is a picturesque coastal region in eastern Scotland known for its historic fishing villages, sandy beaches, and scenic views across the Firth of Forth.
  • 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: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Triple: [Iain M. Banks, placeOfDeath, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland]
Generated description
Kirkcaldy, in Fife on Scotland’s east coast, is a historic former royal burgh and coastal town known for its industrial heritage and long seafront.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Target entity description: Kirkcaldy, in Fife on Scotland’s east coast, is a historic former royal burgh and coastal town known for its industrial heritage and long seafront.
  • A. Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Dunfermline, in Fife, Scotland, is a historic town best known as the birthplace of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
  • B. Dumfries, Scotland
    Dumfries, Scotland is a historic market town and former royal burgh in southwest Scotland, known as the "Queen of the South" and noted for its association with poet Robert Burns.
  • C. Calder, Scotland
    Calder, Scotland is a historic locality in Scotland known as the birthplace of the 17th-century Archbishop and historian John Spottiswoode.
  • D. Clyde, Scotland
    Clyde, Scotland is a historic river and estuarine region in western Scotland known for its major shipbuilding industry and role as a key maritime and naval hub.
  • E. East Neuk of Fife
    East Neuk of Fife is a picturesque coastal region in eastern Scotland known for its historic fishing villages, sandy beaches, and scenic views across the Firth of Forth.
  • 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_69d85cd46b2c819090d054c27787f677 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded82e79a481908ddb9609af8c4407 completed April 15, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fea5b75c04819085996a7f88ab6c38 completed May 9, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fea9f91f3c8190bff7dc7a028a382b completed May 9, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feaa469df88190b7f08de78613121d completed May 9, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3 a.m.