Triple

T13514136
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earl of Angus E322713 entity
Predicate heldBy P8 FINISHED
Object William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus
William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and powerful magnate of the influential Douglas family.
 E1154449 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: William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus | Statement: [Earl of Angus, heldBy, William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus
Context triple: [Earl of Angus, heldBy, William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus]
  • A. William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus
    William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and powerful magnate of the Douglas family who played a significant role in the turbulent politics of the reign of James V of Scotland.
  • B. George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus
    George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the Douglas family who played a key role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
  • C. George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
    George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose marriage into the Douglas family founded the influential “Red Douglas” line.
  • D. James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
    James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
  • E. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of 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: William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus
Triple: [Earl of Angus, heldBy, William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus]
Generated description
William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and powerful magnate of the influential Douglas family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus
Target entity description: William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and powerful magnate of the influential Douglas family.
  • A. William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus
    William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and powerful magnate of the Douglas family who played a significant role in the turbulent politics of the reign of James V of Scotland.
  • B. George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus
    George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the Douglas family who played a key role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
  • C. George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
    George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, was a prominent 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose marriage into the Douglas family founded the influential “Red Douglas” line.
  • D. James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
    James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
  • E. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of 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_69d80766a21881909f21a1b7421d3b8a completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf87ca288190a147fbdb2f90985f completed April 12, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff1330527481908d518093debc9ad1 completed May 9, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff142e99e081909d01cac0416f1bde completed May 9, 2026, 11:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff14c61eb08190ba854b541eb1ce14 completed May 9, 2026, 11:04 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:44 p.m.