Triple
T925420
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University of St Andrews |
E19971
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alex Salmond
Alex Salmond is a Scottish politician and former First Minister of Scotland who led the Scottish National Party (SNP) for many years and played a central role in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
|
E109736
|
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: Alex Salmond | Statement: [University of St Andrews, hasNotableAlumnus, Alex Salmond]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Salmond Context triple: [University of St Andrews, hasNotableAlumnus, Alex Salmond]
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A.
David Steel
David Steel is a British politician best known for leading the Liberal Party in the late 1970s and 1980s and later serving as the first Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
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B.
Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party, known for her strong advocacy for Scottish independence and pro-EU stance.
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C.
Ian Donald Cameron
Ian Donald Cameron was a British stockbroker and the father of former UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
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D.
Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010 and was previously a long-serving Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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E.
Sir John Anderson
Sir John Anderson was a British civil servant and politician who played a central administrative and security role in Winston Churchill’s World War II government.
- 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: Alex Salmond Triple: [University of St Andrews, hasNotableAlumnus, Alex Salmond]
Generated description
Alex Salmond is a Scottish politician and former First Minister of Scotland who led the Scottish National Party (SNP) for many years and played a central role in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Salmond Target entity description: Alex Salmond is a Scottish politician and former First Minister of Scotland who led the Scottish National Party (SNP) for many years and played a central role in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
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A.
David Steel
David Steel is a British politician best known for leading the Liberal Party in the late 1970s and 1980s and later serving as the first Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
-
B.
Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party, known for her strong advocacy for Scottish independence and pro-EU stance.
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C.
Ian Donald Cameron
Ian Donald Cameron was a British stockbroker and the father of former UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
-
D.
Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010 and was previously a long-serving Chancellor of the Exchequer.
-
E.
Sir John Anderson
Sir John Anderson was a British civil servant and politician who played a central administrative and security role in Winston Churchill’s World War II government.
- 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_69a7ee0becc0819089b3dadc618cf83c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 8:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7f3607c70819080c5e3e49ccc6de5 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 8:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7f3d1e97881909cbb97a8ca89c574 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 8:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.