Triple

T11025076
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Spottiswoode E260596 entity
Predicate succeededBy P78 FINISHED
Object John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession
John Spottiswoode was a prominent early 17th-century Scottish clergyman and statesman who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and played a key role in enforcing royal religious policy in Scotland.
E900500 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: John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession | Statement: [John Spottiswoode, succeededBy, John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession
Context triple: [John Spottiswoode, succeededBy, John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession]
  • A. Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews
    Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews, was the illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland who became a prominent early 16th-century Scottish churchman and royal favorite before dying at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
  • B. John Leslie, Bishop of Ross
    John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, was a 16th-century Scottish Catholic bishop, diplomat, and staunch supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, known for his political advocacy and historical writings.
  • C. Bishop of St Andrews
    The Bishop of St Andrews was the senior ecclesiastical leader of medieval Scotland, heading the most important diocese and later archdiocese in the Scottish church.
  • D. Archbishop John Sharp
    Archbishop John Sharp was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English churchman who served as Archbishop of York and was known for his influential sermons and role in ecclesiastical politics.
  • E. Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld
    Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld, was a 16th-century Scottish prelate and prominent member of the influential Crichton family who played a significant role in the religious and political affairs 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: John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession
Triple: [John Spottiswoode, succeededBy, John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession]
Generated description
John Spottiswoode was a prominent early 17th-century Scottish clergyman and statesman who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and played a key role in enforcing royal religious policy in Scotland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Spottiswoode (Archbishop of St Andrews) – office succession
Target entity description: John Spottiswoode was a prominent early 17th-century Scottish clergyman and statesman who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and played a key role in enforcing royal religious policy in Scotland.
  • A. Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews
    Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews, was the illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland who became a prominent early 16th-century Scottish churchman and royal favorite before dying at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
  • B. John Leslie, Bishop of Ross
    John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, was a 16th-century Scottish Catholic bishop, diplomat, and staunch supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, known for his political advocacy and historical writings.
  • C. Bishop of St Andrews
    The Bishop of St Andrews was the senior ecclesiastical leader of medieval Scotland, heading the most important diocese and later archdiocese in the Scottish church.
  • D. Archbishop John Sharp
    Archbishop John Sharp was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English churchman who served as Archbishop of York and was known for his influential sermons and role in ecclesiastical politics.
  • E. Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld
    Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld, was a 16th-century Scottish prelate and prominent member of the influential Crichton family who played a significant role in the religious and political affairs 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_69d6aa9687448190b28d353b1b6a610e completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d797bf78a48190a37b423812827d4e completed April 9, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e37523f8548190ad40fa76660232a8 completed April 18, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e37ab860f48190808ba0076cfa9c98 completed April 18, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3864dd0d48190b3fd81381f5d7418 completed April 18, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.