Triple

T8255108
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Ross E193051 entity
Predicate hadChild P6882 FINISHED
Object James McDonald Ross
James McDonald Ross was a descendant of John Ross, likely known primarily through genealogical and family-history records rather than for widely documented public achievements.
 E748004 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 McDonald Ross | Statement: [John Ross, hadChild, James McDonald Ross]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James McDonald Ross
Context triple: [John Ross, hadChild, James McDonald Ross]
  • 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. Reginald S. Macdonald
    Reginald S. Macdonald was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Dent d'Hérens in the Alps.
  • C. George Macalister
    George Macalister was a 19th-century Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland.
  • D. William Ross
    William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
  • E. William McDonald
    William McDonald is a name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, academia, and the arts.
  • 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 McDonald Ross
Triple: [John Ross, hadChild, James McDonald Ross]
Generated description
James McDonald Ross was a descendant of John Ross, likely known primarily through genealogical and family-history records rather than for widely documented public achievements.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James McDonald Ross
Target entity description: James McDonald Ross was a descendant of John Ross, likely known primarily through genealogical and family-history records rather than for widely documented public achievements.
  • 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. Reginald S. Macdonald
    Reginald S. Macdonald was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Dent d'Hérens in the Alps.
  • C. George Macalister
    George Macalister was a 19th-century Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland.
  • D. William Ross
    William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, and conductor known for his work on numerous film scores and collaborations with major Hollywood productions.
  • E. William McDonald
    William McDonald is a name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, academia, and the arts.
  • 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_69ca82dfad9c8190b8cd18fb89f50f40 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb78f9f680819088f1d56e0f98974f completed March 31, 2026, 7:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cebb26dd048190bd7e4de4ae986b32 completed April 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cebc9d4ca88190942c333806181b55 completed April 2, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cec0a9c39c8190a7bcecc6927b98f0 completed April 2, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:48 p.m.