Triple

T7760272
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. Lee Rankin E176000 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Rankin
Rankin is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, law, the arts, and entertainment.
E686905 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: Rankin | Statement: [J. Lee Rankin, familyName, Rankin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rankin
Context triple: [J. Lee Rankin, familyName, Rankin]
  • A. Selkirk
    Selkirk is a historic town in the Scottish Borders known for its legal heritage, including past judicial functions and associations with Scotland’s justice system.
  • B. Kincorth
    Kincorth is a residential area in the south of Aberdeen, Scotland, known for its post-war housing and proximity to the River Dee.
  • C. Courtenay
    Courtenay is a small city in the Comox Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, known for its outdoor recreation and proximity to mountains and ocean.
  • D. Courtenay
    Courtenay is a French noble family historically associated with the Capetian dynasty and known for producing figures such as Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople.
  • E. Hannan
    Hannan is a coastal city in southern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its fishing industry and proximity to Osaka Bay.
  • 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: Rankin
Triple: [J. Lee Rankin, familyName, Rankin]
Generated description
Rankin is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, law, the arts, and entertainment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rankin
Target entity description: Rankin is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, law, the arts, and entertainment.
  • A. Selkirk
    Selkirk is a historic town in the Scottish Borders known for its legal heritage, including past judicial functions and associations with Scotland’s justice system.
  • B. Kincorth
    Kincorth is a residential area in the south of Aberdeen, Scotland, known for its post-war housing and proximity to the River Dee.
  • C. Courtenay
    Courtenay is a small city in the Comox Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, known for its outdoor recreation and proximity to mountains and ocean.
  • D. Courtenay
    Courtenay is a French noble family historically associated with the Capetian dynasty and known for producing figures such as Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople.
  • E. Hannan
    Hannan is a coastal city in southern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its fishing industry and proximity to Osaka Bay.
  • 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_69c69962923c8190ac74d28b4f9fe0a0 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c704036c588190a441e56c738cc309 completed March 27, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8c7d2be488190bad1026b76fd0cd3 completed March 29, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8c855af8881908bad7f278c492877 completed March 29, 2026, 6:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8c8c516048190957d937f2f2273ad completed March 29, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:09 p.m.