Triple

T3193984
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Duncan Sandys E66891 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Duncan
Duncan is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, traditionally meaning "brown warrior" or "chieftain."
 E199692 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: Duncan | Statement: [Duncan Sandys, givenName, Duncan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Duncan
Context triple: [Duncan Sandys, givenName, Duncan]
  • A. Duncan
    Duncan is a character in Margaret Atwood's novel "The Edible Woman," serving as an eccentric and introspective figure who reflects the protagonist's psychological turmoil.
  • B. Duncan
    Duncan is a small city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, known for its many totem poles and rich Indigenous heritage.
  • C. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • D. Richard MacDuff
    Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams's novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a somewhat hapless but intelligent software engineer entangled in the story's bizarre, time-twisting mysteries.
  • E. Iain
    Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
  • 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: Duncan
Triple: [Duncan Sandys, givenName, Duncan]
Generated description
Duncan is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, traditionally meaning "brown warrior" or "chieftain."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Duncan
Target entity description: Duncan is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, traditionally meaning "brown warrior" or "chieftain."
  • A. Duncan
    Duncan is a character in Margaret Atwood's novel "The Edible Woman," serving as an eccentric and introspective figure who reflects the protagonist's psychological turmoil.
  • B. Duncan chosen
    Duncan is a small city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, known for its many totem poles and rich Indigenous heritage.
  • C. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • D. Richard MacDuff
    Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams's novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a somewhat hapless but intelligent software engineer entangled in the story's bizarre, time-twisting mysteries.
  • E. Iain
    Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
  • 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_69ad8588ba18819086a10951c32ecb80 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada714dbcc8190a7ad21b3c957f151 completed March 8, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b24bae63688190b2a1a1dba8b2cffa completed March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b24c9f4488819096b33baa4f35deaa completed March 12, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b24d4f4b1c819094d2073c9889fecf completed March 12, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.