Triple

T16884652
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earl of Haddington E421507 entity
Predicate firstHolder P291 FINISHED
Object Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington
Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington, was a prominent early 17th-century Scottish lawyer, statesman, and royal advisor who rose to high office under King James VI and I.
 E1240689 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: Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington | Statement: [Earl of Haddington, firstHolder, Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington
Context triple: [Earl of Haddington, firstHolder, Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington]
  • A. 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.
  • B. George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton
    George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton, was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held a prominent peerage in early modern Scotland.
  • C. James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Morton earldom during the 18th century.
  • D. William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
    William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
  • E. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
  • 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: Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington
Triple: [Earl of Haddington, firstHolder, Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington]
Generated description
Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington, was a prominent early 17th-century Scottish lawyer, statesman, and royal advisor who rose to high office under King James VI and I.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington
Target entity description: Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington, was a prominent early 17th-century Scottish lawyer, statesman, and royal advisor who rose to high office under King James VI and I.
  • A. 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.
  • B. George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton
    George Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton, was a Scottish nobleman of the Douglas family who held a prominent peerage in early modern Scotland.
  • C. James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and peer who held the historic Morton earldom during the 18th century.
  • D. William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
    William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
  • E. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
  • 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_69d889d470fc8190b4aec199636c0c56 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3bbc00cf8819088a08ddb00cd3c96 completed April 18, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00cfca11bc8190b0835de0d56ca0b1 completed May 10, 2026, 6:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00d048da5c8190ba7b96665c4e0f8b completed May 10, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00d0d23c248190bf0cfedd846f2161 completed May 10, 2026, 6:39 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:29 a.m.