Triple
T15256800
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness |
E364666
|
entity |
| Predicate | title |
P38
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lord Sinclair
Lord Sinclair is a Scottish noble title historically associated with the influential Sinclair family, prominent in medieval and early modern Scotland.
|
E1147326
|
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: Lord Sinclair | Statement: [William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, title, Lord Sinclair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Sinclair Context triple: [William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, title, Lord Sinclair]
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A.
Thomas Sinclair
Thomas Sinclair was a prominent Irish unionist politician and businessman known for his leadership in the movement opposing Irish Home Rule in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
William Matheson
William Matheson was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Glenmorangie whisky distillery in the Highlands.
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C.
Thomas Guy
Thomas Guy was an English bookseller, philanthropist, and Member of Parliament best known for endowing and establishing Guy’s Hospital in London in the early 18th century.
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D.
John Grahame
John Grahame is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender best known for his NHL career, including winning the Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004.
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E.
W. V. Cockburn
W. V. Cockburn was an illustrator known for providing artwork for literary works such as Bram Stoker’s collection "Under the Sunset."
- 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: Lord Sinclair Triple: [William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, title, Lord Sinclair]
Generated description
Lord Sinclair is a Scottish noble title historically associated with the influential Sinclair family, prominent in medieval and early modern Scotland.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Sinclair Target entity description: Lord Sinclair is a Scottish noble title historically associated with the influential Sinclair family, prominent in medieval and early modern Scotland.
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A.
Thomas Sinclair
Thomas Sinclair was a prominent Irish unionist politician and businessman known for his leadership in the movement opposing Irish Home Rule in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
B.
William Matheson
William Matheson was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Glenmorangie whisky distillery in the Highlands.
-
C.
Thomas Guy
Thomas Guy was an English bookseller, philanthropist, and Member of Parliament best known for endowing and establishing Guy’s Hospital in London in the early 18th century.
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D.
John Grahame
John Grahame is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender best known for his NHL career, including winning the Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004.
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E.
W. V. Cockburn
W. V. Cockburn was an illustrator known for providing artwork for literary works such as Bram Stoker’s collection "Under the Sunset."
- 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_69d85a0f08408190b3c3259ae35d79d2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0084b97908190b3bf7ea7bd75bdc0 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fee5f7bd2081909c003deb3a692f18 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fee8a977a48190940f0ed1aedea955 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fee9fd19708190afe3ec4c4eacfe66 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 8:02 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:13 a.m.