Triple
T925372
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University of St Andrews |
E19971
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Henry Wardlaw
Henry Wardlaw was a 15th-century Scottish bishop and royal advisor best known for establishing the University of St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest university.
|
E111293
|
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: Henry Wardlaw | Statement: [University of St Andrews, founder, Henry Wardlaw]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Wardlaw Context triple: [University of St Andrews, founder, Henry Wardlaw]
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A.
Ninian Edwards
Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.
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B.
William Robertson
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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C.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
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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.
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E.
George Wishart
George Wishart was a 16th-century Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr whose preaching and ideas significantly shaped the early Scottish Reformation.
- 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: Henry Wardlaw Triple: [University of St Andrews, founder, Henry Wardlaw]
Generated description
Henry Wardlaw was a 15th-century Scottish bishop and royal advisor best known for establishing the University of St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest university.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Wardlaw Target entity description: Henry Wardlaw was a 15th-century Scottish bishop and royal advisor best known for establishing the University of St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest university.
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A.
Ninian Edwards
Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.
-
B.
William Robertson
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
-
C.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
-
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.
George Wishart
George Wishart was a 16th-century Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr whose preaching and ideas significantly shaped the early Scottish Reformation.
- 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_69a493a099788190a696d9d8408cbaf4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b32ad9f88190b7d477d0a9a9dbc8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a826d8f9408190aa286bb809507797 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a84d53e46c8190b19b56ecc928c9a0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a84db197448190897d0def5f01a2c2 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.