Triple

T12628262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MacDonald E301571 entity
Predicate hasVariant P455 FINISHED
Object MacDomhnaill
MacDomhnaill is a Gaelic surname, closely related to and often anglicized as MacDonald, traditionally meaning "son of Domhnall."
E992443 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: MacDomhnaill | Statement: [MacDonald, hasVariant, MacDomhnaill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MacDomhnaill
Context triple: [MacDonald, hasVariant, MacDomhnaill]
  • A. MacSeóin
    MacSeóin is an Irish-language surname form corresponding to the English name Jones.
  • B. Mac Dhùghaill
    Mac Dhùghaill is a Scottish Gaelic surname that represents the original Gaelic form of the anglicized name MacDougall.
  • C. Mac Cionnaith
    Mac Cionnaith is a Gaelic surname that represents an older or variant form of the modern Irish and Scottish name McKenna.
  • D. Mac Cionaoith
    Mac Cionaoith is a Gaelic surname that corresponds to the anglicized form McKenna.
  • E. Amhlaibh
    Amhlaibh is an alternative Gaelic form of the Old Norse-derived given name Amlaíb, historically used in medieval Ireland and Scotland.
  • 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: MacDomhnaill
Triple: [MacDonald, hasVariant, MacDomhnaill]
Generated description
MacDomhnaill is a Gaelic surname, closely related to and often anglicized as MacDonald, traditionally meaning "son of Domhnall."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MacDomhnaill
Target entity description: MacDomhnaill is a Gaelic surname, closely related to and often anglicized as MacDonald, traditionally meaning "son of Domhnall."
  • A. MacSeóin
    MacSeóin is an Irish-language surname form corresponding to the English name Jones.
  • B. Mac Dhùghaill
    Mac Dhùghaill is a Scottish Gaelic surname that represents the original Gaelic form of the anglicized name MacDougall.
  • C. Mac Cionnaith
    Mac Cionnaith is a Gaelic surname that represents an older or variant form of the modern Irish and Scottish name McKenna.
  • D. Mac Cionaoith
    Mac Cionaoith is a Gaelic surname that corresponds to the anglicized form McKenna.
  • E. Amhlaibh
    Amhlaibh is an alternative Gaelic form of the Old Norse-derived given name Amlaíb, historically used in medieval Ireland and Scotland.
  • 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_69d7bdeaf49c8190b13800111fa77ea3 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9610b91dc8190a9abefb88447b0ae completed April 10, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f65edafc7c819088bd641542a32e39 completed May 2, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f660bc541c8190a4d1d7a4cc959ecf completed May 2, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6617997188190bfce14c54619af7f completed May 2, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:15 p.m.