Triple

T4836866
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Forbes family E108079 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes
Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and soldier who became the first peer of the influential Forbes family and played a prominent role in the politics and warfare of his time.
E475350 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 Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes | Statement: [Forbes family, notableMember, Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes
Context triple: [Forbes family, notableMember, Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes]
  • A. Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar
    Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and guardian of King James II, notorious for his role in the events leading to the infamous Black Dinner.
  • B. James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
    James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, was a prominent early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high office under the British crown and was influential in the politics of the Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
  • C. Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
    Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, was a Scottish nobleman who became the first Duke of Fife and gained prominence through his marriage to Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.
  • D. William Elphinstone
    William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
  • E. William Elphinstone
    William Elphinstone was a British colonial administrator and politician who served in high-ranking roles in India during the era of the British East India Company.
  • 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 Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes
Triple: [Forbes family, notableMember, Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes]
Generated description
Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and soldier who became the first peer of the influential Forbes family and played a prominent role in the politics and warfare of his time.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes
Target entity description: Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and soldier who became the first peer of the influential Forbes family and played a prominent role in the politics and warfare of his time.
  • A. Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar
    Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and guardian of King James II, notorious for his role in the events leading to the infamous Black Dinner.
  • B. James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
    James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, was a prominent early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who held high office under the British crown and was influential in the politics of the Acts of Union between Scotland and England.
  • C. Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife
    Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, was a Scottish nobleman who became the first Duke of Fife and gained prominence through his marriage to Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of King Edward VII.
  • D. William Elphinstone
    William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
  • E. William Elphinstone
    William Elphinstone was a British colonial administrator and politician who served in high-ranking roles in India during the era of the British East India Company.
  • 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_69bd43fbe444819085cb970706ef73f7 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6ce193488190a618250a5681f3ff completed March 20, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cc054ac819099d6d3dbf415e710 completed March 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be60d4fa0c8190b6d197eb3dbafff7 completed March 21, 2026, 9:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be61789d388190bc23d7f44cee2e5d completed March 21, 2026, 9:14 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.