Triple
T20781060
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Port Ellen Distillery |
E511480
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alexander Kerr Mackay |
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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: Alexander Kerr Mackay | Statement: [Port Ellen Distillery, foundedBy, Alexander Kerr Mackay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Kerr Mackay Context triple: [Port Ellen Distillery, foundedBy, Alexander Kerr Mackay]
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A.
Archibald MacKinnon
Archibald MacKinnon was a Scottish artist known for creating the famous religious cave painting on Davaar Island off the coast of Campbeltown, Scotland.
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B.
Alexander MacKay
Alexander MacKay was a Canadian fur trader and explorer active in the early North American fur trade, notably involved in Pacific Northwest ventures.
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C.
Arthur Macalister
Arthur Macalister was a 19th-century Scottish-born Australian politician who served multiple terms as Premier of Queensland and played a key role in the early governance of the colony.
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D.
Dugald Mackenzie
Dugald Mackenzie is a musician best known as a member of the Australian punk band Venom P. Stinger.
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E.
James Peter Hymers Mackay
James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, is a Scottish advocate and former Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom known for his influential role in late 20th-century British legal and judicial reform.
- 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: Alexander Kerr Mackay Target entity description: Alexander Kerr Mackay was a 19th-century Scottish distiller and entrepreneur best known for establishing the Port Ellen Distillery on the Isle of Islay.
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A.
Archibald MacKinnon
Archibald MacKinnon was a Scottish artist known for creating the famous religious cave painting on Davaar Island off the coast of Campbeltown, Scotland.
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B.
Alexander MacKay
Alexander MacKay was a Canadian fur trader and explorer active in the early North American fur trade, notably involved in Pacific Northwest ventures.
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C.
Arthur Macalister
Arthur Macalister was a 19th-century Scottish-born Australian politician who served multiple terms as Premier of Queensland and played a key role in the early governance of the colony.
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D.
Dugald Mackenzie
Dugald Mackenzie is a musician best known as a member of the Australian punk band Venom P. Stinger.
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E.
James Peter Hymers Mackay
James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, is a Scottish advocate and former Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom known for his influential role in late 20th-century British legal and judicial reform.
- 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_69e0b4cac7a48190a715cb3d545df2b4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c287b5288190823766fe59402d48 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:37 p.m.