Triple

T4186019
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bishopric of St Andrews E88312 entity
Predicate notableArchbishop P18645 FINISHED
Object James Beaton
James Beaton was a prominent 16th-century Scottish churchman and statesman who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and played a key role in opposing the Protestant Reformation in Scotland.
 E419175 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: James Beaton | Statement: [Bishopric of St Andrews, notableArchbishop, James Beaton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Beaton
Context triple: [Bishopric of St Andrews, notableArchbishop, James Beaton]
  • A. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • B. David Dickson
    David Dickson was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian known for his influential role in the Covenanter movement and his widely read biblical commentaries.
  • 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. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • E. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • 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: James Beaton
Triple: [Bishopric of St Andrews, notableArchbishop, James Beaton]
Generated description
James Beaton was a prominent 16th-century Scottish churchman and statesman who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and played a key role in opposing the Protestant Reformation in Scotland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Beaton
Target entity description: James Beaton was a prominent 16th-century Scottish churchman and statesman who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and played a key role in opposing the Protestant Reformation in Scotland.
  • A. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • B. David Dickson
    David Dickson was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian known for his influential role in the Covenanter movement and his widely read biblical commentaries.
  • 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. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • E. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • 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_69aed9477e8c81908bcb862d2db55b1d completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af0b2db368819080c1d652b4acfd0c completed March 9, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b58a00e3308190b4fbed211069204a completed March 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b58aa95428819085048691c77e2aea completed March 14, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58b34c4e881909fd44fbe8acedda4 completed March 14, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:45 p.m.