Triple

T4418051
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MacDougall E95024 entity
Predicate notableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William MacDougall
William MacDougall was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, and Father of Confederation who played a significant role in the political formation of Canada in the 19th century.
 E437056 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: William MacDougall | Statement: [MacDougall, notableBearer, William MacDougall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William MacDougall
Context triple: [MacDougall, notableBearer, William MacDougall]
  • A. George Paton
    George Paton is an NFL executive best known for serving as the general manager responsible for building and overseeing the Denver Broncos’ roster and football operations.
  • B. Norman MacLeod
    Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
  • C. William Nairn Forbes
    William Nairn Forbes was a 19th-century British engineer and architect known for his prominent work on colonial-era buildings in India, particularly in Kolkata.
  • D. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • E. John Lorne Campbell
    John Lorne Campbell was a Scottish historian, folklorist, and Gaelic scholar best known for his preservation of Hebridean culture and traditional music.
  • 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: William MacDougall
Triple: [MacDougall, notableBearer, William MacDougall]
Generated description
William MacDougall was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, and Father of Confederation who played a significant role in the political formation of Canada in the 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William MacDougall
Target entity description: William MacDougall was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, and Father of Confederation who played a significant role in the political formation of Canada in the 19th century.
  • A. George Paton
    George Paton is an NFL executive best known for serving as the general manager responsible for building and overseeing the Denver Broncos’ roster and football operations.
  • B. Norman MacLeod
    Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
  • C. William Nairn Forbes
    William Nairn Forbes was a 19th-century British engineer and architect known for his prominent work on colonial-era buildings in India, particularly in Kolkata.
  • D. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • E. John Lorne Campbell
    John Lorne Campbell was a Scottish historian, folklorist, and Gaelic scholar best known for his preservation of Hebridean culture and traditional music.
  • 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_69b3453a36908190b95a79a297ca083c completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3551d5d7481908528c2de0a6fda06 completed March 13, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f61fa6d88190b98810b542835817 completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f68a994c8190a5b524a4db16b097 completed March 15, 2026, midnight
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5f6ece3b08190b880743e9fe4dbad completed March 15, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:29 p.m.