Triple

T16169225
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maitland E392388 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Richard Maitland of Lethington
Richard Maitland of Lethington was a 16th-century Scottish lawyer, judge, and poet known for his historical verse and for compiling an important manuscript of early Scots poetry.
 E1200383 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: Richard Maitland of Lethington | Statement: [Maitland, hasNotableBearer, Richard Maitland of Lethington]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Maitland of Lethington
Context triple: [Maitland, hasNotableBearer, Richard Maitland of Lethington]
  • A. William Maitland of Lethington
    William Maitland of Lethington was a prominent 16th-century Scottish diplomat and secretary of state, noted for his political influence during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots and the early Scottish Reformation.
  • B. James Balfour of Whittingehame
    James Balfour of Whittingehame was a Scottish landowner and politician from an influential East Lothian family in the 18th–19th century.
  • C. William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton
    William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland and played a key role in the turbulent politics of the minority of James II.
  • D. John Stewart, Earl of Mar
    John Stewart, Earl of Mar, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and royal prince, notable as a younger son of King James II of Scotland and a member of the influential Stewart dynasty.
  • E. James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and political figure who played a key role in the turbulent politics of the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • 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: Richard Maitland of Lethington
Triple: [Maitland, hasNotableBearer, Richard Maitland of Lethington]
Generated description
Richard Maitland of Lethington was a 16th-century Scottish lawyer, judge, and poet known for his historical verse and for compiling an important manuscript of early Scots poetry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Maitland of Lethington
Target entity description: Richard Maitland of Lethington was a 16th-century Scottish lawyer, judge, and poet known for his historical verse and for compiling an important manuscript of early Scots poetry.
  • A. William Maitland of Lethington
    William Maitland of Lethington was a prominent 16th-century Scottish diplomat and secretary of state, noted for his political influence during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots and the early Scottish Reformation.
  • B. James Balfour of Whittingehame
    James Balfour of Whittingehame was a Scottish landowner and politician from an influential East Lothian family in the 18th–19th century.
  • C. William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton
    William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland and played a key role in the turbulent politics of the minority of James II.
  • D. John Stewart, Earl of Mar
    John Stewart, Earl of Mar, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and royal prince, notable as a younger son of King James II of Scotland and a member of the influential Stewart dynasty.
  • E. James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and political figure who played a key role in the turbulent politics of the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • 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_69d87f1d32208190942e4e499a80c18c completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e21eb5e6d881908749683091afa90c completed April 17, 2026, 11:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a000785fcd481909ddf92cf9cc5c0aa completed May 10, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00086c32c48190b7cf3ef2a97c7c9f completed May 10, 2026, 4:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0008dbeb988190bbfb590f945ace02 completed May 10, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:02 a.m.