Triple

T2757733
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marquesses of Douglas E61145 entity
Predicate firstHolder P291 FINISHED
Object William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus
William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus, was a prominent Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who rose to become the first Marquess of Douglas in the early 17th century.
E63579 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 Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus | Statement: [Marquesses of Douglas, firstHolder, William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus
Context triple: [Marquesses of Douglas, firstHolder, William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus]
  • A. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
  • B. William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
    William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose influence and conflicts with the crown played a major role in late medieval Scottish politics.
  • C. Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was a powerful Scottish nobleman and regent who dominated Scottish politics in the early 16th century and was the second husband of Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.
  • D. James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble whose rebellion against King James II led to the downfall and forfeiture of the once-dominant Black Douglas family.
  • E. William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith
    William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
  • 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 Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus
Triple: [Marquesses of Douglas, firstHolder, William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus]
Generated description
William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus, was a prominent Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who rose to become the first Marquess of Douglas in the early 17th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus
Target entity description: William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus, was a prominent Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who rose to become the first Marquess of Douglas in the early 17th century.
  • A. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas chosen
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
  • B. William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
    William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose influence and conflicts with the crown played a major role in late medieval Scottish politics.
  • C. Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was a powerful Scottish nobleman and regent who dominated Scottish politics in the early 16th century and was the second husband of Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.
  • D. James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble whose rebellion against King James II led to the downfall and forfeiture of the once-dominant Black Douglas family.
  • E. William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith
    William Graham, 9th Earl of Menteith, was a Scottish nobleman of the early 17th century who held significant regional power and influence in the central Highlands.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ab4b7a85bc819094a349b84beb1f2c completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdb8ba4688190b401b6eb5b734ac6 completed March 7, 2026, 8:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b31a46eea081909e1faf639f7789ff completed March 12, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b31c33fc3c8190b5af3f38206736de completed March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b31c9f48788190bdf4b4ce47e1e5b5 completed March 12, 2026, 8:05 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.