Triple

T7854210
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marcel Desautels E182130 entity
Predicate hasFamilyName P18 FINISHED
Object Desautels
Desautels is a French-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including Canadian businessman and philanthropist Marcel Desautels.
 E695735 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: Desautels | Statement: [Marcel Desautels, hasFamilyName, Desautels]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Desautels
Context triple: [Marcel Desautels, hasFamilyName, Desautels]
  • A. Vanier
    Vanier is a surname most notably associated with Jean Vanier, the Canadian philosopher and humanitarian who founded the L'Arche communities for people with intellectual disabilities.
  • B. Laurier—Sainte-Marie
    Laurier—Sainte-Marie is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, represented in the House of Commons of Canada.
  • C. Laval campus
    Laval campus is a satellite campus of Le Mans University located in Laval, France, offering a range of higher education programs and research activities.
  • D. McMaster
    McMaster is a surname most prominently associated with Henry McMaster, the Republican governor of South Carolina.
  • E. Schulich
    Schulich is a prominent Canadian surname most widely associated with businessman and philanthropist Seymour Schulich, whose major donations have named several educational institutions and programs.
  • 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: Desautels
Triple: [Marcel Desautels, hasFamilyName, Desautels]
Generated description
Desautels is a French-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including Canadian businessman and philanthropist Marcel Desautels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Desautels
Target entity description: Desautels is a French-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including Canadian businessman and philanthropist Marcel Desautels.
  • A. Vanier
    Vanier is a surname most notably associated with Jean Vanier, the Canadian philosopher and humanitarian who founded the L'Arche communities for people with intellectual disabilities.
  • B. Laurier—Sainte-Marie
    Laurier—Sainte-Marie is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, represented in the House of Commons of Canada.
  • C. Laval campus
    Laval campus is a satellite campus of Le Mans University located in Laval, France, offering a range of higher education programs and research activities.
  • D. McMaster
    McMaster is a surname most prominently associated with Henry McMaster, the Republican governor of South Carolina.
  • E. Schulich
    Schulich is a prominent Canadian surname most widely associated with businessman and philanthropist Seymour Schulich, whose major donations have named several educational institutions and programs.
  • 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_69ca82869ee08190b8f9040dbc2c0467 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb1a72cfdc8190a3186c4c2894f571 completed March 31, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5b1e9e808190a0eb2dea5288e743 completed March 31, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb5df0287881908bce1a4449e9f252 completed March 31, 2026, 5:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb767b198481909cfc1f7a44e6f0d8 completed March 31, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:51 p.m.