Triple

T8877188
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Agnes Maclehose E211316 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object James Maclehose
James Maclehose was the husband of Agnes Maclehose, the 18th-century Scottish woman known for her celebrated correspondence with poet Robert Burns.
 E775890 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 Maclehose | Statement: [Agnes Maclehose, spouse, James Maclehose]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Maclehose
Context triple: [Agnes Maclehose, spouse, James Maclehose]
  • 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. 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.
  • C. Alexander Macmillan
    Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
  • D. 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.
  • E. John MacInnes
    John MacInnes was a highly successful and influential college ice hockey coach best known for building Michigan Tech into a national powerhouse during his long tenure.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Maclehose
Target entity description: James Maclehose was the husband of Agnes Maclehose, the 18th-century Scottish woman known for her celebrated correspondence with poet Robert Burns.
  • 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. 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.
  • C. Alexander Macmillan
    Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
  • D. 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.
  • E. John MacInnes
    John MacInnes was a highly successful and influential college ice hockey coach best known for building Michigan Tech into a national powerhouse during his long tenure.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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 Maclehose
Triple: [Agnes Maclehose, spouse, James Maclehose]
Generated description
James Maclehose was the husband of Agnes Maclehose, the 18th-century Scottish woman known for her celebrated correspondence with poet Robert Burns.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca838e78748190934d82db3104f855 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cc61472cc081909e51b4a35a20ef43 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cffd78f35881909c15249b58a1ce03 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69d001a1056c819083793547dbd4b1ee ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69d000d2c5688190b014ce33c04ff875 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:52 p.m.