Triple
T6713043
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Red River Colony |
E153194
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman and philanthropist best known for organizing large-scale Scottish emigration to North America and establishing pioneering agricultural settlements in what is now Canada.
|
E613504
|
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: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk | Statement: [Red River Colony, foundedBy, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk Context triple: [Red River Colony, foundedBy, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk]
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A.
Sir James Douglas
Sir James Douglas was a renowned Scottish knight and military leader of the Wars of Scottish Independence, famed as one of Robert the Bruce’s most trusted commanders.
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B.
William McGillivray
William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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C.
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie is a Canadian businessman best known as a co-founder of the global alternative asset management firm Brookfield Asset Management.
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D.
Æneas MacKenzie
Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
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E.
Ian Dalrymple
Ian Dalrymple was a British screenwriter and film producer noted for his acclaimed work in early 20th-century cinema, including an Academy Award-winning screenplay.
- 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: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk Triple: [Red River Colony, foundedBy, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk]
Generated description
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman and philanthropist best known for organizing large-scale Scottish emigration to North America and establishing pioneering agricultural settlements in what is now Canada.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk Target entity description: Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman and philanthropist best known for organizing large-scale Scottish emigration to North America and establishing pioneering agricultural settlements in what is now Canada.
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A.
Sir James Douglas
Sir James Douglas was a renowned Scottish knight and military leader of the Wars of Scottish Independence, famed as one of Robert the Bruce’s most trusted commanders.
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B.
William McGillivray
William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
-
C.
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie is a Canadian businessman best known as a co-founder of the global alternative asset management firm Brookfield Asset Management.
-
D.
Æneas MacKenzie
Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
-
E.
Ian Dalrymple
Ian Dalrymple was a British screenwriter and film producer noted for his acclaimed work in early 20th-century cinema, including an Academy Award-winning screenplay.
- 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_69c68809b4608190a2509ddb5ab87f05 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d121a92c8190a03f384a8aba84da |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c700948788819087f9b466be337286 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:11 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c703ad7e0c81908da32c96806f3b07 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7042f23408190b06faafcb3251276 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:07 p.m.