Triple
T5085483
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clan MacDonald |
E114625
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entity |
| Predicate | notableBranch |
P10432
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Clan MacDonald of Clanranald
Clan MacDonald of Clanranald is a prominent Scottish Highland clan branch historically based in the Western Isles and Lochaber, known for its role in Gaelic culture and the turbulent clan politics of the medieval and early modern periods.
|
E498897
|
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: Clan MacDonald of Clanranald | Statement: [Clan MacDonald, notableBranch, Clan MacDonald of Clanranald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clan MacDonald of Clanranald Context triple: [Clan MacDonald, notableBranch, Clan MacDonald of Clanranald]
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A.
Clan MacDonald of Islay
Clan MacDonald of Islay is a powerful branch of the MacDonald kindred that historically dominated the Hebrides and western Scotland through its leadership of the Lordship of the Isles.
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B.
Clan MacDonald of Sleat
Clan MacDonald of Sleat is a prominent branch of the historic Scottish Clan Donald, traditionally associated with the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye and influential in the Hebrides.
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C.
Clan MacLeod
Clan MacLeod is a historic Highland Scottish clan traditionally associated with the Isle of Skye and known for its ancient seat at Dunvegan Castle.
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D.
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg was a powerful branch of the MacDonald kindred that held extensive lands in Islay and Kintyre and played a major role in the medieval and early modern history of the western Scottish Highlands and Isles.
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E.
Clan MacDonald of Ardnamurchan
Clan MacDonald of Ardnamurchan is a Highland Scottish clan that forms a branch of the larger Clan Donald, historically associated with the Ardnamurchan peninsula in western Scotland.
- 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: Clan MacDonald of Clanranald Triple: [Clan MacDonald, notableBranch, Clan MacDonald of Clanranald]
Generated description
Clan MacDonald of Clanranald is a prominent Scottish Highland clan branch historically based in the Western Isles and Lochaber, known for its role in Gaelic culture and the turbulent clan politics of the medieval and early modern periods.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clan MacDonald of Clanranald Target entity description: Clan MacDonald of Clanranald is a prominent Scottish Highland clan branch historically based in the Western Isles and Lochaber, known for its role in Gaelic culture and the turbulent clan politics of the medieval and early modern periods.
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A.
Clan MacDonald of Islay
Clan MacDonald of Islay is a powerful branch of the MacDonald kindred that historically dominated the Hebrides and western Scotland through its leadership of the Lordship of the Isles.
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B.
Clan MacDonald of Sleat
Clan MacDonald of Sleat is a prominent branch of the historic Scottish Clan Donald, traditionally associated with the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye and influential in the Hebrides.
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C.
Clan MacLeod
Clan MacLeod is a historic Highland Scottish clan traditionally associated with the Isle of Skye and known for its ancient seat at Dunvegan Castle.
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D.
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg was a powerful branch of the MacDonald kindred that held extensive lands in Islay and Kintyre and played a major role in the medieval and early modern history of the western Scottish Highlands and Isles.
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E.
Clan MacDonald of Ardnamurchan
Clan MacDonald of Ardnamurchan is a Highland Scottish clan that forms a branch of the larger Clan Donald, historically associated with the Ardnamurchan peninsula in western Scotland.
- 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_69bd443e941881908eb4e8c685b6f656 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd751db4f4819088b998d7af0e6f41 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bed912629c8190beffde376f0aedc7 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bed97f929881909af270c910cdbff1 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bed9d7f47c819089a6f8d022291929 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.