Triple

T5644913
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lagavulin distillery E124360 entity
Predicate legalPredecessorFoundedBy P11844 FINISHED
Object John Johnston
John Johnston was a 19th-century distiller credited with establishing the original operation that evolved into the renowned Lagavulin whisky distillery on Islay, Scotland.
E557380 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: John Johnston | Statement: [Lagavulin distillery, legalPredecessorFoundedBy, John Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Johnston
Context triple: [Lagavulin distillery, legalPredecessorFoundedBy, John Johnston]
  • A. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
  • B. Don Jamieson
    Don Jamieson was a Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles, including in foreign affairs, during the latter half of the 20th century.
  • C. Allan MacEachen
    Allan MacEachen was a prominent Canadian Liberal politician and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping Canada's domestic and foreign policy in the late 20th century.
  • D. Donald Johnston
    Donald Johnston was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Laphroaig whisky distillery on the island of Islay.
  • E. Angus Campbell
    Angus Campbell is a senior Australian Army officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Force.
  • 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: John Johnston
Triple: [Lagavulin distillery, legalPredecessorFoundedBy, John Johnston]
Generated description
John Johnston was a 19th-century distiller credited with establishing the original operation that evolved into the renowned Lagavulin whisky distillery on Islay, Scotland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Johnston
Target entity description: John Johnston was a 19th-century distiller credited with establishing the original operation that evolved into the renowned Lagavulin whisky distillery on Islay, Scotland.
  • A. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
  • B. Don Jamieson
    Don Jamieson was a Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles, including in foreign affairs, during the latter half of the 20th century.
  • C. Allan MacEachen
    Allan MacEachen was a prominent Canadian Liberal politician and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping Canada's domestic and foreign policy in the late 20th century.
  • D. Donald Johnston
    Donald Johnston was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Laphroaig whisky distillery on the island of Islay.
  • E. Angus Campbell
    Angus Campbell is a senior Australian Army officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Force.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: legalPredecessorFoundedBy
Context triple: [Lagavulin distillery, legalPredecessorFoundedBy, John Johnston]
  • A. founderOfPredecessor
    Indicates that an entity is the founder of another entity that served as a predecessor to a specified organization or institution.
  • B. historicalEntityPredecessor
    Indicates that one historical entity existed or held a role before another, serving as its predecessor in time or sequence.
  • C. underlyingFoundedBy
    Indicates that an entity’s foundational creation or establishment is ultimately attributable to another entity, which serves as its underlying founder.
  • D. foundingAncestor
    Indicates that one entity is the original progenitor or earliest known ancestor from whom another entity or lineage descends.
  • E. wasFoundedBy chosen
    Indicates that an organization, institution, or entity came into existence through the initiating action or establishment by a specific founder or founding group.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69c00824643c81909ffdb888a2d35189 completed March 22, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c022a8eccc8190837d4705670dc25e completed March 22, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0bf7396c48190a4de4958e2ad4301 completed March 23, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0c19665b08190ab3c66b7c6c33f61 completed March 23, 2026, 4:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0c4576824819080ced71df8fdda6c completed March 23, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c01b2168508190b64b355cf50034ad completed March 22, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:41 p.m.