Triple

T2871806
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas E63579 entity
Predicate honorificTitle P2097 FINISHED
Object 11th Earl of Angus
The 11th Earl of Angus was a senior Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who held one of the most prominent earldoms in late medieval and early modern Scotland.
E372480 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: 11th Earl of Angus | Statement: [William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, honorificTitle, 11th Earl of Angus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 11th Earl of Angus
Context triple: [William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, honorificTitle, 11th Earl of Angus]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose conflict with King James II led to his murder and the downfall of the Black Douglas family.
  • D. James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader, prominent in the Wars of Scottish Independence and a key figure of the influential Black Douglas family.
  • E. James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
    James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
  • 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: 11th Earl of Angus
Triple: [William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, honorificTitle, 11th Earl of Angus]
Generated description
The 11th Earl of Angus was a senior Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who held one of the most prominent earldoms in late medieval and early modern Scotland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 11th Earl of Angus
Target entity description: The 11th Earl of Angus was a senior Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who held one of the most prominent earldoms in late medieval and early modern Scotland.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose conflict with King James II led to his murder and the downfall of the Black Douglas family.
  • D. James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader, prominent in the Wars of Scottish Independence and a key figure of the influential Black Douglas family.
  • E. James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
    James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
  • 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_69ab4c42fb8c8190b36e161d47c03b81 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdfe46a1c819084399a191f0dfe9c completed March 7, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b432e95eb48190b51692cfbd7b22a6 completed March 13, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4344499148190a116c39c45fb636f completed March 13, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b434abc9848190924cc8ceff2a0220 completed March 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.