Triple
T3505618
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lord Irvine of Lairg |
E74068
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine
Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, known as Lord Irvine of Lairg, is a British Labour politician and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor under Prime Minister Tony Blair.
|
E385911
|
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: Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine | Statement: [Lord Irvine of Lairg, name, Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine Context triple: [Lord Irvine of Lairg, name, Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine]
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A.
Archibald Clive Irvine
Archibald Clive Irvine is a notable individual recognized for bearing the given name Clive.
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B.
Alexander Macmillan
Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
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C.
Richard Macdonald
Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
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D.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
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E.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
- 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: Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine Triple: [Lord Irvine of Lairg, name, Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine]
Generated description
Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, known as Lord Irvine of Lairg, is a British Labour politician and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor under Prime Minister Tony Blair.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine Target entity description: Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, known as Lord Irvine of Lairg, is a British Labour politician and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor under Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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A.
Archibald Clive Irvine
Archibald Clive Irvine is a notable individual recognized for bearing the given name Clive.
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B.
Alexander Macmillan
Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
-
C.
Richard Macdonald
Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
-
D.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
-
E.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
- 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_69ad85ce7a9c81909ddc5cf0cb67a6e3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbbf38e988190998d722b95830411 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4e4d4c92c8190b237746733b10e50 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4e6396de88190a52ac73820d8ff21 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4e6a594d88190a838919673e47b4f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.