Triple

T2822688
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Balclutha E54846 entity
Predicate originalOwner P347 FINISHED
Object Robert McMillan
Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
E324817 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: Robert McMillan | Statement: [Balclutha, originalOwner, Robert McMillan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert McMillan
Context triple: [Balclutha, originalOwner, Robert McMillan]
  • A. Bruce McCulloch
    Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
  • B. Allan MacEachen
    Allan MacEachen was a prominent Canadian Liberal politician and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping Canada's domestic and foreign policy in the late 20th century.
  • C. Roy McFarland
    Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
  • D. Thomas Sutherland
    Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
  • E. Kenneth McMillan
    Kenneth McMillan is a computer scientist known for his influential work in model checking and formal verification.
  • 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: Robert McMillan
Triple: [Balclutha, originalOwner, Robert McMillan]
Generated description
Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert McMillan
Target entity description: Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • A. Bruce McCulloch
    Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
  • B. Allan MacEachen
    Allan MacEachen was a prominent Canadian Liberal politician and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping Canada's domestic and foreign policy in the late 20th century.
  • C. Roy McFarland
    Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
  • D. Thomas Sutherland
    Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
  • E. Kenneth McMillan
    Kenneth McMillan is a computer scientist known for his influential work in model checking and formal verification.
  • 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_69ab49e100c0819082a40cb797383243 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abde71fdc08190b18660261fe24adf completed March 7, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1f856ad508190a92d9e9decc68c58 completed March 11, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1f92315948190aee670df21cc0e5e completed March 11, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1f97563388190bd87d3ce9abe666e completed March 11, 2026, 11:23 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:59 p.m.