Triple

T2281260
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rebellions of 1837–1838 E51283 entity
Predicate leader P981 FINISHED
Object William Lyon Mackenzie
William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician, and reform leader who became a central figure in early Canadian democracy and led the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.
E249662 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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 Lyon Mackenzie | Statement: [Rebellions of 1837–1838, leader, William Lyon Mackenzie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lyon Mackenzie
Context triple: [Rebellions of 1837–1838, leader, William Lyon Mackenzie]
  • A. John Sandfield Macdonald
    John Sandfield Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer and politician who became the first premier of Ontario after Confederation in 1867.
  • B. George-Étienne Cartier
    George-Étienne Cartier was a key 19th-century Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation who played a central role in uniting the provinces into modern Canada.
  • C. John A. Macdonald
    John A. Macdonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada and a key architect of Canadian Confederation in the 19th century.
  • D. Æneas MacKenzie
    Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
  • E. Wilfred Urquhart
    Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: William Lyon Mackenzie
Triple: [Rebellions of 1837–1838, leader, William Lyon Mackenzie]
Generated description
William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician, and reform leader who became a central figure in early Canadian democracy and led the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lyon Mackenzie
Target entity description: William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician, and reform leader who became a central figure in early Canadian democracy and led the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.
  • A. John Sandfield Macdonald
    John Sandfield Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer and politician who became the first premier of Ontario after Confederation in 1867.
  • B. George-Étienne Cartier
    George-Étienne Cartier was a key 19th-century Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation who played a central role in uniting the provinces into modern Canada.
  • C. John A. Macdonald
    John A. Macdonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada and a key architect of Canadian Confederation in the 19th century.
  • D. Æneas MacKenzie
    Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
  • E. Wilfred Urquhart
    Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69a88b08e4308190bdac9aebcca1c91a completed March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc21c405881908c4df7bee36136fe completed March 7, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae71e7b44c8190ab647646352b71b7 completed March 9, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae72bf22088190a2c111a71eb0dda7 completed March 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae731ab8bc819090fac5b311cb5fe0 completed March 9, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.