Triple

T15077797
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg E380050 entity
Predicate hasNotableMember P304 FINISHED
Object Alexander Carragh MacDonald
Alexander Carragh MacDonald was a prominent 16th-century Scottish Highland chieftain of the MacDonalds of Dunnyveg, known for his role in the turbulent clan politics of the western Isles.
 E1135128 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: Alexander Carragh MacDonald | Statement: [Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, hasNotableMember, Alexander Carragh MacDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander Carragh MacDonald
Context triple: [Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, hasNotableMember, Alexander Carragh MacDonald]
  • A. Robert Henry Macdonald
    Robert Henry Macdonald is a businessman best known as a co-founder of the company Ross and Macdonald.
  • B. John MacDonald
    John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
  • C. Sir William Macdonald
    Sir William Macdonald was a prominent Canadian tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist whose generous endowments significantly shaped McGill University and its agricultural education programs.
  • D. Robert Ramsay Mackenzie
    Robert Ramsay Mackenzie was a 19th-century Scottish-born Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland during the colonial era.
  • E. Æneas MacKenzie
    Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
  • 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: Alexander Carragh MacDonald
Triple: [Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, hasNotableMember, Alexander Carragh MacDonald]
Generated description
Alexander Carragh MacDonald was a prominent 16th-century Scottish Highland chieftain of the MacDonalds of Dunnyveg, known for his role in the turbulent clan politics of the western Isles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander Carragh MacDonald
Target entity description: Alexander Carragh MacDonald was a prominent 16th-century Scottish Highland chieftain of the MacDonalds of Dunnyveg, known for his role in the turbulent clan politics of the western Isles.
  • A. Robert Henry Macdonald
    Robert Henry Macdonald is a businessman best known as a co-founder of the company Ross and Macdonald.
  • B. John MacDonald
    John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
  • C. Sir William Macdonald
    Sir William Macdonald was a prominent Canadian tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist whose generous endowments significantly shaped McGill University and its agricultural education programs.
  • D. Robert Ramsay Mackenzie
    Robert Ramsay Mackenzie was a 19th-century Scottish-born Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland during the colonial era.
  • E. Æneas MacKenzie
    Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
  • 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_69fea5d4f6a48190aeb42341b0c395a7 completed May 9, 2026, 3:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fea65a34f08190a76965dfee5b89e5 completed May 9, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fea6e097bc81909ba468de2673b22e completed May 9, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:03 a.m.