Triple

T15077796
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg E380050 entity
Predicate hasNotableMember P304 FINISHED
Object Sir James MacDonald of Dunnyveg
Sir James MacDonald of Dunnyveg was a prominent Scottish Highland chieftain of the early 17th century, known for his leadership within Clan MacDonald and his involvement in the turbulent clan conflicts of the Isles.
 E1162786 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: Sir James MacDonald of Dunnyveg | Statement: [Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, hasNotableMember, Sir James MacDonald of Dunnyveg]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sir James MacDonald of Dunnyveg
Context triple: [Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, hasNotableMember, Sir James MacDonald of Dunnyveg]
  • A. George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
    George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh was a 17th-century Scottish lawyer and Lord Advocate, notorious for his harsh persecution of Covenanters and remembered as one of Scotland’s most feared legal figures.
  • B. James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores
    James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who was elevated to the peerage as Lord Lindores and became a prominent member of the influential Leslie family.
  • C. MacLachlan of Colquhoun
    MacLachlan of Colquhoun is a Scottish family name recognized as a sept of Clan Colquhoun, historically associated with the clan’s territory and lineage.
  • D. Sir Andrew Kerr of Ferniehirst
    Sir Andrew Kerr of Ferniehirst was a prominent Scottish Border laird and military leader of the Kerr family, known for his role in the turbulent Anglo-Scottish border conflicts of the 16th century.
  • E. Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay
    Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and soldier who became the first Lord Reay and a prominent leader of the Clan Mackay.
  • 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: Sir James MacDonald of Dunnyveg
Triple: [Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, hasNotableMember, Sir James MacDonald of Dunnyveg]
Generated description
Sir James MacDonald of Dunnyveg was a prominent Scottish Highland chieftain of the early 17th century, known for his leadership within Clan MacDonald and his involvement in the turbulent clan conflicts of the Isles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sir James MacDonald of Dunnyveg
Target entity description: Sir James MacDonald of Dunnyveg was a prominent Scottish Highland chieftain of the early 17th century, known for his leadership within Clan MacDonald and his involvement in the turbulent clan conflicts of the Isles.
  • A. George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
    George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh was a 17th-century Scottish lawyer and Lord Advocate, notorious for his harsh persecution of Covenanters and remembered as one of Scotland’s most feared legal figures.
  • B. James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores
    James Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores, was a Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who was elevated to the peerage as Lord Lindores and became a prominent member of the influential Leslie family.
  • C. MacLachlan of Colquhoun
    MacLachlan of Colquhoun is a Scottish family name recognized as a sept of Clan Colquhoun, historically associated with the clan’s territory and lineage.
  • D. Sir Andrew Kerr of Ferniehirst
    Sir Andrew Kerr of Ferniehirst was a prominent Scottish Border laird and military leader of the Kerr family, known for his role in the turbulent Anglo-Scottish border conflicts of the 16th century.
  • E. Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay
    Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and soldier who became the first Lord Reay and a prominent leader of the Clan Mackay.
  • 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_69d85cd7683881908d405c1b5d7b4f7f completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dff7fe5a208190823900b25e298dab completed April 15, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff3d39a0908190a27f7bbaee7a04ef completed May 9, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff417598a881908d906b7315dea2d6 completed May 9, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff41e95bf08190965a870acb72edb6 completed May 9, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:03 a.m.