Triple
T17346501
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Quain Professor of Jurisprudence |
E421700
|
entity |
| Predicate | heldBy |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Neil MacCormick |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Neil MacCormick | Statement: [Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, heldBy, Neil MacCormick]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil MacCormick Context triple: [Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, heldBy, Neil MacCormick]
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A.
Neil MacCormick
chosen
Neil MacCormick was a prominent Scottish legal philosopher and jurist known for his work in legal theory, especially on legal reasoning and the nature of law, and for his contributions to European and constitutional law.
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B.
Robin Sturgeon
Robin Sturgeon is a notable individual who shares the Sturgeon surname, recognized in connection with the broader Sturgeon family name.
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C.
David Steel
David Steel is a British politician best known for leading the Liberal Party in the late 1970s and 1980s and later serving as the first Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
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D.
Iain Galbraith
Iain Galbraith is a Scottish poet, translator, and literary critic known for his translations of German-language literature and his own award-winning poetry.
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E.
Alasdair MacDonald
Alasdair MacDonald, better known as Alasdair MacColla, was a 17th-century Scottish Gaelic warrior and Royalist commander noted for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in the Scottish Highlands.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d889d520008190a26917a95bf1c2ea |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e43a2923b48190a5d1abd3f535c59f |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m.