Triple

T18337987
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mackenzie Bowell E439322 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object John Sparrow David Thompson — 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: John Sparrow David Thompson | Statement: [Mackenzie Bowell, precededBy, John Sparrow David Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Sparrow David Thompson
Context triple: [Mackenzie Bowell, precededBy, John Sparrow David Thompson]
  • A. James Douglas
    James Douglas was a prominent Scottish knight and close ally of Robert the Bruce, renowned for his guerrilla warfare tactics against the English during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • B. James Douglas
    James "Buster" Douglas is an American former professional boxer best known for his stunning 1990 upset victory over Mike Tyson to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.
  • C. James Douglas
    James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician from the influential Douglas family.
  • D. James Douglas
    James Douglas was an American actor known for his film and television roles in the mid-20th century, including appearing alongside Elvis Presley in "G.I. Blues."
  • E. James Douglas
    James Douglas was a key early leader and philanthropist in American public health who helped establish what became the American Cancer Society.
  • 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: John Sparrow David Thompson
Target entity description: John Sparrow David Thompson was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician who served briefly as the fourth Prime Minister of Canada in the early 1890s.
  • A. James Douglas
    James Douglas was a prominent Scottish knight and close ally of Robert the Bruce, renowned for his guerrilla warfare tactics against the English during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • B. James Douglas
    James "Buster" Douglas is an American former professional boxer best known for his stunning 1990 upset victory over Mike Tyson to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.
  • C. James Douglas
    James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician from the influential Douglas family.
  • D. James Douglas
    James Douglas was an American actor known for his film and television roles in the mid-20th century, including appearing alongside Elvis Presley in "G.I. Blues."
  • E. James Douglas
    James Douglas was a key early leader and philanthropist in American public health who helped establish what became the American Cancer Society.
  • 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_69d8b9175fec8190af865699b4e64d8c completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e50ecf3b4c81909372630ab634dd43 completed April 19, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.