Triple

T1038818
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rideau Hall E22423 entity
Predicate originalOwner P347 FINISHED
Object Thomas McKay
Thomas McKay was a 19th-century Scottish-born Canadian stonemason, entrepreneur, and early industrialist who played a key role in the development of Ottawa.
 E217521 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: Thomas McKay | Statement: [Rideau Hall, originalOwner, Thomas McKay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas McKay
Context triple: [Rideau Hall, originalOwner, Thomas McKay]
  • A. Bob MacKinnon
    Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
  • B. 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.
  • C. John MacDougall
    John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
  • D. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • E. Angus Campbell
    Angus Campbell is a senior Australian Army officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Force.
  • 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: Thomas McKay
Triple: [Rideau Hall, originalOwner, Thomas McKay]
Generated description
Thomas McKay was a 19th-century Scottish-born Canadian stonemason, entrepreneur, and early industrialist who played a key role in the development of Ottawa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas McKay
Target entity description: Thomas McKay was a 19th-century Scottish-born Canadian stonemason, entrepreneur, and early industrialist who played a key role in the development of Ottawa.
  • A. Bob MacKinnon
    Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
  • B. 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.
  • C. John MacDougall
    John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
  • D. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • E. Angus Campbell
    Angus Campbell is a senior Australian Army officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Force.
  • 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_69a493d91478819094cc01fb65564bc1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b82c69c8819082a71e810be34729 completed March 1, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3a5cac081908d655e42a58a81c5 completed March 8, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf55207248190bd903c7faa3729e7 completed March 8, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf5e074088190b6b383fb93cd18d8 completed March 8, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.