Triple

T878999
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earl of Douglas E18984 entity
Predicate notableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader who played a key role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and the consolidation of the Douglas family's influence.
E18984 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 Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas | Statement: [Earl of Douglas, notableHolder, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
Context triple: [Earl of Douglas, notableHolder, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas]
  • A. James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
    James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
  • B. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
  • C. Earl of Douglas
    The Earl of Douglas was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title held by the influential Douglas family, who played a central role in the politics and warfare of Scotland.
  • D. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
  • E. John Erskine, Earl of Mar
    John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
  • 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 Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
Triple: [Earl of Douglas, notableHolder, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas]
Generated description
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader who played a key role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and the consolidation of the Douglas family's influence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
Target entity description: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader who played a key role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and the consolidation of the Douglas family's influence.
  • A. James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
    James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
  • B. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
  • C. Earl of Douglas chosen
    The Earl of Douglas was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title held by the influential Douglas family, who played a central role in the politics and warfare of Scotland.
  • D. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
  • E. John Erskine, Earl of Mar
    John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a4938db1f081909bcd1ad2713b6096 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4acb1dc20819095b9bb093158b60d completed March 1, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac99669a1481909fa42162ffee2d7b completed March 7, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac9a13e9548190ae1fbfeba3326cd5 completed March 7, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac9a96d4f081908e608a3f247bbfb2 completed March 7, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.