Triple

T4967325
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aberdeen Grammar School E111558 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object William Alexander (poet)
William Alexander was a 19th-century Scottish poet and journalist known for his writings in both English and Scots, particularly his depictions of rural life in northeast Scotland.
E482869 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 Alexander (poet) | Statement: [Aberdeen Grammar School, hasNotableAlumnus, William Alexander (poet)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander (poet)
Context triple: [Aberdeen Grammar School, hasNotableAlumnus, William Alexander (poet)]
  • A. Robert Fergusson
    Robert Fergusson was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose vivid vernacular verse and depictions of Edinburgh life strongly influenced later writers, including Robert Burns.
  • B. Edward Hand
    Edward Hand was an Irish-born American physician, soldier, and politician who became a prominent general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
  • C. Robert Blair
    Robert Blair was an 18th-century Scottish poet best known for his long meditative poem "The Grave," which made him a leading figure among the Graveyard poets.
  • D. William Eugene Drummond
    William Eugene Drummond was an American architect associated with Frank Lloyd Wright who became a key figure in developing and promoting the Prairie School style in the early 20th century.
  • E. Thomas Campbell
    Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet and literary figure of the early 19th century, best known for works like "The Pleasures of Hope" and for his influential role in British literary culture.
  • 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 Alexander (poet)
Triple: [Aberdeen Grammar School, hasNotableAlumnus, William Alexander (poet)]
Generated description
William Alexander was a 19th-century Scottish poet and journalist known for his writings in both English and Scots, particularly his depictions of rural life in northeast Scotland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander (poet)
Target entity description: William Alexander was a 19th-century Scottish poet and journalist known for his writings in both English and Scots, particularly his depictions of rural life in northeast Scotland.
  • A. Robert Fergusson
    Robert Fergusson was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose vivid vernacular verse and depictions of Edinburgh life strongly influenced later writers, including Robert Burns.
  • B. Edward Hand
    Edward Hand was an Irish-born American physician, soldier, and politician who became a prominent general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
  • C. Robert Blair
    Robert Blair was an 18th-century Scottish poet best known for his long meditative poem "The Grave," which made him a leading figure among the Graveyard poets.
  • D. William Eugene Drummond
    William Eugene Drummond was an American architect associated with Frank Lloyd Wright who became a key figure in developing and promoting the Prairie School style in the early 20th century.
  • E. Thomas Campbell
    Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet and literary figure of the early 19th century, best known for works like "The Pleasures of Hope" and for his influential role in British literary culture.
  • 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_69bd4419393c819086319a6fe4bf8542 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd71f8f550819099235511ca271e2d completed March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be81f43b60819091134778c6379893 completed March 21, 2026, 11:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be82c740988190b1fc8af6bafba375 completed March 21, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be83cb23488190af7098f9d7af167f completed March 21, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.