Triple
T16282894
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John of Islay, Earl of Ross |
E395313
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John MacDonald
John MacDonald, better known as John of Islay, Earl of Ross, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and Lord of the Isles who played a key role in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and western seaboard.
|
E1203357
|
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 MacDonald | Statement: [John of Islay, Earl of Ross, alsoKnownAs, John MacDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John MacDonald Context triple: [John of Islay, Earl of Ross, alsoKnownAs, John MacDonald]
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A.
John MacDonald
John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
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B.
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."
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C.
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie is a Canadian businessman best known as a co-founder of the global alternative asset management firm Brookfield Asset Management.
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D.
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie was a prominent Canadian railway entrepreneur and financier best known for co-founding and expanding the Canadian Northern Railway in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
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.
- 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 MacDonald Triple: [John of Islay, Earl of Ross, alsoKnownAs, John MacDonald]
Generated description
John MacDonald, better known as John of Islay, Earl of Ross, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and Lord of the Isles who played a key role in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and western seaboard.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John MacDonald Target entity description: John MacDonald, better known as John of Islay, Earl of Ross, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and Lord of the Isles who played a key role in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and western seaboard.
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A.
John MacDonald
John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
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B.
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."
-
C.
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie is a Canadian businessman best known as a co-founder of the global alternative asset management firm Brookfield Asset Management.
-
D.
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie was a prominent Canadian railway entrepreneur and financier best known for co-founding and expanding the Canadian Northern Railway in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69d87f22c7248190a54c949738441e2e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e24911f11881909c98ddf829f077e9 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0017c6b72081908a21e5099f463b62 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a001876efb081909c0940ebcf265f15 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0018f6de84819087b8e97b0400c77d |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:05 a.m.