Triple

T4347453
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Lumsden and Company E97939 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object James Lumsden
James Lumsden was a Scottish stationer and civic figure from Glasgow, known for his successful family business and service as Lord Provost in the 19th century.
E439414 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 Lumsden | Statement: [James Lumsden and Company, associatedWith, James Lumsden]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Lumsden
Context triple: [James Lumsden and Company, associatedWith, James Lumsden]
  • A. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • B. James Muir
    James Muir is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Muir rather than with widely recognized public achievements.
  • C. James Anthony Carmichael
    James Anthony Carmichael is an American record producer and arranger best known for his work with Motown artists such as Commodores and Lionel Richie.
  • D. William McGillivray
    William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • E. John Macpherson
    John Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who briefly served as acting Governor-General of Bengal in the late 18th century.
  • 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 Lumsden
Triple: [James Lumsden and Company, associatedWith, James Lumsden]
Generated description
James Lumsden was a Scottish stationer and civic figure from Glasgow, known for his successful family business and service as Lord Provost in the 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Lumsden
Target entity description: James Lumsden was a Scottish stationer and civic figure from Glasgow, known for his successful family business and service as Lord Provost in the 19th century.
  • A. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • B. James Muir
    James Muir is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Muir rather than with widely recognized public achievements.
  • C. James Anthony Carmichael
    James Anthony Carmichael is an American record producer and arranger best known for his work with Motown artists such as Commodores and Lionel Richie.
  • D. William McGillivray
    William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • E. John Macpherson
    John Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who briefly served as acting Governor-General of Bengal in the late 18th century.
  • 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_69b34548402c819085ab68b27c235a87 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351a5559c819081608b0aaf6a0e66 completed March 12, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b613504f3481908e9093700c25dd5f completed March 15, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b614d063b48190abbb0b8b6d420c8f completed March 15, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b6155a57c08190bbf2e88f95cede16 completed March 15, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:15 p.m.