Triple

T9202975

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton	`E220892`	entity
Predicate	child	`P120`	FINISHED
Object	James Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton James Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish peer and nobleman of the early 19th century who held one of Scotland’s highest-ranking ducal titles.	`E800340`	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 Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton | Statement: [Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton, child, James Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: James Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
Context triple: [Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton, child, James Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton]

A. James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading peer of Scotland and held prominent positions at the British court.
B. James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic and political life of his time.
C. James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton was a prominent 17th–18th century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading Jacobite supporter and died from wounds sustained in a famous duel with Lord Mohun in 1712.
D. James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the complex power struggles surrounding Charles I.
E. Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton was an 18th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic society of his time.
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 Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
Triple: [Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton, child, James Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton]

Generated description

James Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish peer and nobleman of the early 19th century who held one of Scotland’s highest-ranking ducal titles.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: James Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
Target entity description: James Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish peer and nobleman of the early 19th century who held one of Scotland’s highest-ranking ducal titles.

A. James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading peer of Scotland and held prominent positions at the British court.
B. James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic and political life of his time.
C. James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton was a prominent 17th–18th century Scottish nobleman and politician who served as a leading Jacobite supporter and died from wounds sustained in a famous duel with Lord Mohun in 1712.
D. James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician who played a key role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the complex power struggles surrounding Charles I.
E. Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton was an 18th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic society of his time.
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_69ca83e8e9248190862cf3e41693b310`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69ccd944e6208190adfcc7f75197387d`	completed	April 1, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69d121eb1c9881908aebf9e1dab72457`	completed	April 4, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69d1231adb4481908fac11cae099d0de`	completed	April 4, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69d123fcc8f48190838abd08a4af0a63`	completed	April 4, 2026, 2:45 p.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:26 p.m.