Triple
T20826636
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Sandfield Macdonald |
E512718
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Macdonald |
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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: Macdonald | Statement: [John Sandfield Macdonald, familyName, Macdonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macdonald Context triple: [John Sandfield Macdonald, familyName, Macdonald]
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A.
Maclean
Maclean is a riverside town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known for its strong Scottish heritage and annual Highland Gathering.
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B.
MacDonald
chosen
MacDonald is a common Scottish surname historically associated with the powerful Clan Donald and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, and public life.
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C.
William Christopher Macdonald
William Christopher Macdonald was a Canadian tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist best known for his major endowments to education, including funding institutions such as the Macdonald Institute.
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D.
Alexander Carragh MacDonald
Alexander Carragh MacDonald was a prominent 16th-century Scottish Highland chieftain of the MacDonalds of Dunnyveg, known for his role in the turbulent clan politics of the western Isles.
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E.
John MacDonald
John MacDonald, better known as John of Islay, Earl of Ross, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and Lord of the Isles who played a key role in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and western seaboard.
- 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_69e0b4ce39108190a6e8e5df4f1c8dc5 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c2fe54608190a061274bf4316610 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:41 p.m.