Triple

T5085516
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clan MacDonald E114625 entity
Predicate clanTartan P10431 FINISHED
Object MacDonald tartan
The MacDonald tartan is the distinctive traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with Clan MacDonald, one of the largest and most historically significant Highland clans.
 E491342 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: MacDonald tartan | Statement: [Clan MacDonald, clanTartan, MacDonald tartan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacDonald tartan
Context triple: [Clan MacDonald, clanTartan, MacDonald tartan]
  • A. MacKenzie tartan
    The MacKenzie tartan is a traditional Scottish plaid pattern historically associated with Clan MacKenzie and adopted by various Highland regiments, including Canadian units.
  • B. MacLeod tartan
    The MacLeod tartan is the distinctive traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with Clan MacLeod, recognized for its bold yellow and black design.
  • C. Maclean of Duart tartan
    The Maclean of Duart tartan is the principal traditional plaid pattern associated with the historic Scottish Clan Maclean and its Duart Castle lineage on the Isle of Mull.
  • D. Douglas tartan
    Douglas tartan is the distinctive woven pattern of colored checks and stripes traditionally associated with Scotland’s historic Clan Douglas.
  • E. MacNeil of Barra tartan
    The MacNeil of Barra tartan is the traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with the historic Clan MacNeil of the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides.
  • 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: MacDonald tartan
Triple: [Clan MacDonald, clanTartan, MacDonald tartan]
Generated description
The MacDonald tartan is the distinctive traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with Clan MacDonald, one of the largest and most historically significant Highland clans.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacDonald tartan
Target entity description: The MacDonald tartan is the distinctive traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with Clan MacDonald, one of the largest and most historically significant Highland clans.
  • A. MacKenzie tartan
    The MacKenzie tartan is a traditional Scottish plaid pattern historically associated with Clan MacKenzie and adopted by various Highland regiments, including Canadian units.
  • B. MacLeod tartan
    The MacLeod tartan is the distinctive traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with Clan MacLeod, recognized for its bold yellow and black design.
  • C. Maclean of Duart tartan
    The Maclean of Duart tartan is the principal traditional plaid pattern associated with the historic Scottish Clan Maclean and its Duart Castle lineage on the Isle of Mull.
  • D. Douglas tartan
    Douglas tartan is the distinctive woven pattern of colored checks and stripes traditionally associated with Scotland’s historic Clan Douglas.
  • E. MacNeil of Barra tartan
    The MacNeil of Barra tartan is the traditional Scottish plaid pattern associated with the historic Clan MacNeil of the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides.
  • 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_69beb13fd3a88190b5a665ba56fdd455 completed March 21, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69beb1c184248190b99067d257564ad8 completed March 21, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69beb22dff6c8190896f65d659a32b28 completed March 21, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.