Triple

T5660592
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Ignatieff E124726 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object George Ignatieff
George Ignatieff was a prominent Canadian diplomat and academic known for his work in international relations and disarmament.
 E539709 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: George Ignatieff | Statement: [Michael Ignatieff, father, George Ignatieff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George Ignatieff
Context triple: [Michael Ignatieff, father, George Ignatieff]
  • A. Michael Ignatieff
    Michael Ignatieff is a Canadian writer, academic, and former politician known for his work on human rights, nationalism, and liberalism, as well as for leading the Liberal Party of Canada.
  • B. Jack Layton
    Jack Layton was a Canadian politician and longtime leader of the New Democratic Party who became a prominent national figure for his progressive policies and charismatic leadership.
  • C. Peter MacKay
    Peter MacKay is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as a senior cabinet minister and last leader of the Progressive Conservative Party before its merger into the modern Conservative Party of Canada.
  • D. Bill MacKay
    Bill MacKay is an American guitarist, composer, and improviser known for his genre-blending folk, rock, and experimental music, often released on independent labels.
  • E. Andrea Horwath
    Andrea Horwath is a Canadian politician and former longtime leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party who became mayor of Hamilton, Ontario.
  • 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: George Ignatieff
Triple: [Michael Ignatieff, father, George Ignatieff]
Generated description
George Ignatieff was a prominent Canadian diplomat and academic known for his work in international relations and disarmament.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George Ignatieff
Target entity description: George Ignatieff was a prominent Canadian diplomat and academic known for his work in international relations and disarmament.
  • A. Michael Ignatieff
    Michael Ignatieff is a Canadian writer, academic, and former politician known for his work on human rights, nationalism, and liberalism, as well as for leading the Liberal Party of Canada.
  • B. Jack Layton
    Jack Layton was a Canadian politician and longtime leader of the New Democratic Party who became a prominent national figure for his progressive policies and charismatic leadership.
  • C. Peter MacKay
    Peter MacKay is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as a senior cabinet minister and last leader of the Progressive Conservative Party before its merger into the modern Conservative Party of Canada.
  • D. Bill MacKay
    Bill MacKay is an American guitarist, composer, and improviser known for his genre-blending folk, rock, and experimental music, often released on independent labels.
  • E. Andrea Horwath
    Andrea Horwath is a Canadian politician and former longtime leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party who became mayor of Hamilton, Ontario.
  • 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_69c0082774a481909d7e63fb2aad56ac completed March 22, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0232077448190afdef460671eaf4f completed March 22, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c05a286dac8190af53fe096cc29a6d completed March 22, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c05cabceac819095c4a114220efb1a completed March 22, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c05d2b67888190bc89e4cbd384c15f completed March 22, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:42 p.m.