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]
  • A. John MacDonald
    John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • A. John MacDonald
    John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
  • 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.