Triple

T6713083
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Red River Colony E153194 entity
Predicate notableLeader P304 FINISHED
Object Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield
Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield was a prominent early 19th-century Scottish-Canadian fur trader and political figure who played a key leadership role in the development and governance of the Red River Colony.
E613512 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: Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield | Statement: [Red River Colony, notableLeader, Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield
Context triple: [Red River Colony, notableLeader, Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield]
  • A. 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.
  • B. John Macpherson
    John Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who briefly served as acting Governor-General of Bengal in the late 18th century.
  • C. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • D. Lachlan McIntosh
    Lachlan McIntosh was a Scottish-born American military and political leader who served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a prominent figure in early Georgia history.
  • E. James Lumsden
    James Lumsden was a Scottish stationer and civic figure from Glasgow, known for his successful family business and service as Lord Provost in the 19th century.
  • 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: Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield
Triple: [Red River Colony, notableLeader, Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield]
Generated description
Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield was a prominent early 19th-century Scottish-Canadian fur trader and political figure who played a key leadership role in the development and governance of the Red River Colony.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield
Target entity description: Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield was a prominent early 19th-century Scottish-Canadian fur trader and political figure who played a key leadership role in the development and governance of the Red River Colony.
  • A. 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.
  • B. John Macpherson
    John Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who briefly served as acting Governor-General of Bengal in the late 18th century.
  • C. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • D. Lachlan McIntosh
    Lachlan McIntosh was a Scottish-born American military and political leader who served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a prominent figure in early Georgia history.
  • E. James Lumsden
    James Lumsden was a Scottish stationer and civic figure from Glasgow, known for his successful family business and service as Lord Provost in the 19th century.
  • 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.