Triple

T7765802
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn E176140 entity
Predicate fatherInLaw P18081 FINISHED
Object James Macdowall
James Macdowall was a Scottish figure of the late 18th to early 19th century known primarily through his familial connection as the father-in-law of the prominent judge and essayist Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn.
E689286 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: James Macdowall | Statement: [Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, fatherInLaw, James Macdowall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Macdowall
Context triple: [Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, fatherInLaw, James Macdowall]
  • A. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • B. David MacLean
    David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
  • 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. Ian McDougall
    Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
  • E. James McMillan
    James McMillan is a relatively obscure individual about whom only limited public information is available, making it difficult to identify a specific notable role or achievement.
  • 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: James Macdowall
Triple: [Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, fatherInLaw, James Macdowall]
Generated description
James Macdowall was a Scottish figure of the late 18th to early 19th century known primarily through his familial connection as the father-in-law of the prominent judge and essayist Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Macdowall
Target entity description: James Macdowall was a Scottish figure of the late 18th to early 19th century known primarily through his familial connection as the father-in-law of the prominent judge and essayist Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn.
  • A. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • B. David MacLean
    David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
  • 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. Ian McDougall
    Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
  • E. James McMillan
    James McMillan is a relatively obscure individual about whom only limited public information is available, making it difficult to identify a specific notable role or achievement.
  • 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_69c7043279748190b30882e9cc6cca54 completed March 27, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8f30ecf808190a19d57a814d45a42 completed March 29, 2026, 9:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8f3deabac8190b3da7a941375eea6 completed March 29, 2026, 9:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8f49af9c88190a88408ac19136daf completed March 29, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:09 p.m.