Triple

T466221
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scottish Enlightenment E8452 entity
Predicate hasKeyFigure P810 FINISHED
Object William Robertson
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
E98830 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 Robertson | Statement: [Scottish Enlightenment, hasKeyFigure, William Robertson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Robertson
Context triple: [Scottish Enlightenment, hasKeyFigure, William Robertson]
  • 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. Thomas Montgomerie
    Thomas Montgomerie was a 19th-century British surveyor and officer of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, noted for his early mapping of the Karakoram and Himalaya.
  • C. 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.
  • D. James Ogilvy
    James Ogilvy is a British landscape designer and magazine founder who is a member of the extended royal family as the son of Princess Alexandra and a first cousin once removed of King Charles III.
  • E. James Keir
    James Keir was an 18th-century Scottish chemist, industrialist, and member of the influential Lunar Society of Birmingham, known for his contributions to early chemical manufacturing and scientific industry.
  • 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 Robertson
Triple: [Scottish Enlightenment, hasKeyFigure, William Robertson]
Generated description
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Robertson
Target entity description: William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
  • 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. Thomas Montgomerie
    Thomas Montgomerie was a 19th-century British surveyor and officer of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, noted for his early mapping of the Karakoram and Himalaya.
  • C. 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.
  • D. James Ogilvy
    James Ogilvy is a British landscape designer and magazine founder who is a member of the extended royal family as the son of Princess Alexandra and a first cousin once removed of King Charles III.
  • E. James Keir
    James Keir was an 18th-century Scottish chemist, industrialist, and member of the influential Lunar Society of Birmingham, known for his contributions to early chemical manufacturing and scientific industry.
  • 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_69a2e7f3aeb48190a19453e3a043f486 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2efd6ec708190b78c7f22deb3ca64 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a79277143c819091019a9ca625039f completed March 4, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7931d1bac8190b9b300f3d7f94131 completed March 4, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a793860a688190a537418beb72141c completed March 4, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.