Triple

T16169240
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maitland E392388 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Maitland (historian)
John Maitland was a historian known for his scholarly contributions to the study and interpretation of historical events and periods.
E1198347 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: John Maitland (historian) | Statement: [Maitland, hasNotableBearer, John Maitland (historian)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Maitland (historian)
Context triple: [Maitland, hasNotableBearer, John Maitland (historian)]
  • A. William Robertson
    William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
  • B. Thomas Hume
    Thomas Hume was a prominent 19th-century lumber baron and businessman in Muskegon, Michigan, whose success in the lumber industry led to the construction of the historic Hackley and Hume homes.
  • C. Richard Macaulay
    Richard Macaulay was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic studio era, known for his work on crime dramas and film noirs.
  • D. William Craigie (historical)
    William Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known as one of the principal editors of the Oxford English Dictionary in the early 20th century.
  • E. William Seton Maitland
    William Seton Maitland was a 19th-century figure after whom the city of Maitland, Florida, was named, likely due to his role or influence in the region’s early history.
  • 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: John Maitland (historian)
Triple: [Maitland, hasNotableBearer, John Maitland (historian)]
Generated description
John Maitland was a historian known for his scholarly contributions to the study and interpretation of historical events and periods.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Maitland (historian)
Target entity description: John Maitland was a historian known for his scholarly contributions to the study and interpretation of historical events and periods.
  • A. William Robertson
    William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
  • B. Thomas Hume
    Thomas Hume was a prominent 19th-century lumber baron and businessman in Muskegon, Michigan, whose success in the lumber industry led to the construction of the historic Hackley and Hume homes.
  • C. Richard Macaulay
    Richard Macaulay was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic studio era, known for his work on crime dramas and film noirs.
  • D. William Craigie (historical)
    William Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known as one of the principal editors of the Oxford English Dictionary in the early 20th century.
  • E. William Seton Maitland
    William Seton Maitland was a 19th-century figure after whom the city of Maitland, Florida, was named, likely due to his role or influence in the region’s early history.
  • 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_69fff7bb6aac8190a33607abfe9a32d0 completed May 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fff9bb09c48190881c0f70bae0aec8 completed May 10, 2026, 3:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fffa5186b88190971d3c5061503541 completed May 10, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:02 a.m.