Triple
T15340305
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alistair MacLeod |
E366774
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Anita MacLellan
Anita MacLellan was the wife of acclaimed Canadian author Alistair MacLeod and a significant personal influence and support throughout his literary career.
|
E1152384
|
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: Anita MacLellan | Statement: [Alistair MacLeod, spouse, Anita MacLellan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anita MacLellan Context triple: [Alistair MacLeod, spouse, Anita MacLellan]
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A.
Marilyn Sturgeon
Marilyn Sturgeon was the wife of renowned American science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon.
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B.
Helen McOuat
Helen McOuat was the wife of Scottish-born Canadian industrialist Henry Burden, known for her connection to his prominent 19th-century iron manufacturing enterprise in Troy, New York.
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C.
Janet Munro
Janet Munro was a British actress best known for her roles in several late-1950s and early-1960s Disney films.
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D.
Maureen Dunlop
Maureen Dunlop was an Argentine-British pilot renowned for her service ferrying military aircraft during World War II and for becoming an iconic face of the Air Transport Auxiliary.
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E.
Innis Galbraith
Innis Galbraith is a small Scottish islet whose name appears in Scottish Gaelic as the traditional form "Innis Galbraith."
- 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: Anita MacLellan Triple: [Alistair MacLeod, spouse, Anita MacLellan]
Generated description
Anita MacLellan was the wife of acclaimed Canadian author Alistair MacLeod and a significant personal influence and support throughout his literary career.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anita MacLellan Target entity description: Anita MacLellan was the wife of acclaimed Canadian author Alistair MacLeod and a significant personal influence and support throughout his literary career.
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A.
Marilyn Sturgeon
Marilyn Sturgeon was the wife of renowned American science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon.
-
B.
Helen McOuat
Helen McOuat was the wife of Scottish-born Canadian industrialist Henry Burden, known for her connection to his prominent 19th-century iron manufacturing enterprise in Troy, New York.
-
C.
Janet Munro
Janet Munro was a British actress best known for her roles in several late-1950s and early-1960s Disney films.
-
D.
Maureen Dunlop
Maureen Dunlop was an Argentine-British pilot renowned for her service ferrying military aircraft during World War II and for becoming an iconic face of the Air Transport Auxiliary.
-
E.
Innis Galbraith
Innis Galbraith is a small Scottish islet whose name appears in Scottish Gaelic as the traditional form "Innis Galbraith."
- 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_69d85a1355608190a6673ddb67231d54 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03e12eb7c8190944a260aa1aa9156 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff0b41f130819082ea69ea535468ce |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff0be534d08190be25b033ce0de6ce |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff0c3e7b848190942cfa9d4b7bbd4c |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:28 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:17 a.m.