Triple

T9627970
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boswell family E232518 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck was an 18th-century Scottish judge and laird, best known as the father of the biographer James Boswell and a prominent member of the Boswell family.
E810294 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: Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck | Statement: [Boswell family, notableMember, Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
Context triple: [Boswell family, notableMember, Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck]
  • A. George Campbell
    George Campbell was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and theologian best known for his influential role in the Scottish Enlightenment and his defense of common sense in human knowledge and religious belief.
  • B. Robert Baillie
    Robert Baillie was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and prolific letter-writer who played a prominent role in the religious and political struggles of the Covenanter movement.
  • C. Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar
    Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and guardian of King James II, notorious for his role in the events leading to the infamous Black Dinner.
  • D. William Baillie of Letham
    William Baillie of Letham was a 17th-century Scottish Covenanter general and nobleman who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
  • E. Mountstuart Elphinstone
    Mountstuart Elphinstone was a prominent early 19th-century British colonial administrator and historian noted for his influential role in governing and reforming British India.
  • 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: Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
Triple: [Boswell family, notableMember, Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck]
Generated description
Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck was an 18th-century Scottish judge and laird, best known as the father of the biographer James Boswell and a prominent member of the Boswell family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
Target entity description: Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck was an 18th-century Scottish judge and laird, best known as the father of the biographer James Boswell and a prominent member of the Boswell family.
  • A. George Campbell
    George Campbell was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and theologian best known for his influential role in the Scottish Enlightenment and his defense of common sense in human knowledge and religious belief.
  • B. Robert Baillie
    Robert Baillie was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and prolific letter-writer who played a prominent role in the religious and political struggles of the Covenanter movement.
  • C. Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar
    Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and guardian of King James II, notorious for his role in the events leading to the infamous Black Dinner.
  • D. William Baillie of Letham
    William Baillie of Letham was a 17th-century Scottish Covenanter general and nobleman who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
  • E. Mountstuart Elphinstone
    Mountstuart Elphinstone was a prominent early 19th-century British colonial administrator and historian noted for his influential role in governing and reforming British India.
  • 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_69ca848793ec8190a93a12383a754dc0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9afeb64c8190be91024c2e9039d3 completed April 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d17987e4008190a8d43641072a1c86 completed April 4, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d17b479f708190bfbcf206b0fc84d4 completed April 4, 2026, 8:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d17bc76be48190bb3376baf476de80 completed April 4, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:10 p.m.