Triple

T5085488

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Clan MacDonald	`E114625`	entity
Predicate	notableBranch	`P10432`	FINISHED
Object	Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh is a historic Highland Scottish clan branch associated with the Lochalsh region and descended from the powerful MacDonald kindred.	`E508197`	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 Lochalsh | Statement: [Clan MacDonald, notableBranch, Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh
Context triple: [Clan MacDonald, notableBranch, Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh]

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
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.
E. 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.
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 Lochalsh
Triple: [Clan MacDonald, notableBranch, Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh]

Generated description

Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh is a historic Highland Scottish clan branch associated with the Lochalsh region and descended from the powerful MacDonald kindred.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh
Target entity description: Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh is a historic Highland Scottish clan branch associated with the Lochalsh region and descended from the powerful MacDonald kindred.

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
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.
E. 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.
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_69bf06a25110819080a4cbd13555e652`	completed	March 21, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69bf078fc07c819080191ec98bca4c71`	completed	March 21, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69bf07e20ad48190ba25294e1971e768`	completed	March 21, 2026, 9:04 p.m.

Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.