Triple
T20328677
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Duncan, British Columbia |
E492408
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Chalmers Duncan |
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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: William Chalmers Duncan | Statement: [Duncan, British Columbia, namedAfter, William Chalmers Duncan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Chalmers Duncan Context triple: [Duncan, British Columbia, namedAfter, William Chalmers Duncan]
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A.
Robert Dundas Duncan
Robert Dundas Duncan was the son of British Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, and a member of the British aristocracy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
William John Cunningham
William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
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C.
Archibald Mark Chisholm
Archibald Mark Chisholm was a prominent figure after whom the city of Chisholm, Minnesota, was named, likely due to his influence in the region’s early development.
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D.
William Hutchison
William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
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E.
Charles Maclaren
Charles Maclaren was a 19th-century Scottish journalist and editor best known as a co-founder and long-time editor of the influential newspaper The Scotsman.
- 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: William Chalmers Duncan Target entity description: William Chalmers Duncan was an early settler and prominent figure in British Columbia after whom the community of Duncan was named.
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A.
Robert Dundas Duncan
Robert Dundas Duncan was the son of British Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, and a member of the British aristocracy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
William John Cunningham
William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
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C.
Archibald Mark Chisholm
Archibald Mark Chisholm was a prominent figure after whom the city of Chisholm, Minnesota, was named, likely due to his influence in the region’s early development.
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D.
William Hutchison
William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
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E.
Charles Maclaren
Charles Maclaren was a 19th-century Scottish journalist and editor best known as a co-founder and long-time editor of the influential newspaper The Scotsman.
- 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_69e0b4a0134081909113563e1c3ba68a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e677e637e48190b5582e97fe1000c0 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:22 a.m.