Triple
T17741792
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union Station (Ottawa) |
E442876
|
entity |
| Predicate | architect |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert H. Macdonald |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Robert H. Macdonald | Statement: [Union Station (Ottawa), architect, Robert H. Macdonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert H. Macdonald Context triple: [Union Station (Ottawa), architect, Robert H. Macdonald]
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A.
J. Donald Cameron
J. Donald Cameron was a 19th-century American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War and a long-time U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, succeeding his influential father Simon Cameron in political prominence.
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B.
Frank P. MacLennan
Frank P. MacLennan was a prominent Kansas newspaper publisher and civic leader in the early 20th century.
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C.
Ian G. Macdonald
Ian G. Macdonald is a British mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebra, particularly in symmetric functions and commutative algebra, and for authoring several classic graduate-level textbooks.
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D.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
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E.
Glen MacPherson
Glen MacPherson is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on action and genre films in both Hollywood and international productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert H. Macdonald Target entity description: Robert H. Macdonald was a Canadian architect best known for designing Ottawa’s historic Union Station, a prominent Beaux-Arts railway terminal in the nation’s capital.
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A.
J. Donald Cameron
J. Donald Cameron was a 19th-century American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War and a long-time U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, succeeding his influential father Simon Cameron in political prominence.
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B.
Frank P. MacLennan
Frank P. MacLennan was a prominent Kansas newspaper publisher and civic leader in the early 20th century.
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C.
Ian G. Macdonald
Ian G. Macdonald is a British mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebra, particularly in symmetric functions and commutative algebra, and for authoring several classic graduate-level textbooks.
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D.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
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E.
Glen MacPherson
Glen MacPherson is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on action and genre films in both Hollywood and international productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69d8b9ed3a2081909b2ec0d4dd2f4c37 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e47acd780c8190b1308ef0aca00f5c |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:09 a.m.