Triple
T4861226
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McClelland and Stewart |
E108663
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAuthorPublished |
P7039
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alistair MacLeod |
E366774
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Alistair MacLeod | Statement: [McClelland and Stewart, notableAuthorPublished, Alistair MacLeod]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alistair MacLeod Context triple: [McClelland and Stewart, notableAuthorPublished, Alistair MacLeod]
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A.
Alistair MacLeod
chosen
Alistair MacLeod was a Canadian author renowned for his powerful short stories and the novel "No Great Mischief," which vividly depict the lives of Cape Breton’s Scottish-descended communities.
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B.
Hugh MacLennan
Hugh MacLennan was a prominent 20th-century Canadian novelist and essayist whose works, such as "Barometer Rising" and "Two Solitudes," helped define modern Canadian literature and national identity.
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C.
Sinclair Ross
Sinclair Ross was a Canadian author best known for his prairie novel "As For Me and My House," a cornerstone of mid-20th-century Canadian literature.
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D.
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
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E.
Ann Kelsey
Ann Kelsey is a sharp, principled attorney on the television legal drama "L.A. Law," known for her professionalism and complex personal relationships within the firm.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6d5e247c8190b6ae4e9b529f0345 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be5cf921cc8190a092bb69c1981890 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.