Triple

T13604153
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dewar E325016 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object John A. Dewar
John A. Dewar is a Scottish distiller and businessman best known for founding the John Dewar & Sons whisky company, which produces the Dewar’s blended Scotch whisky brand.
 E1050076 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 A. Dewar | Statement: [Dewar, usedBy, John A. Dewar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John A. Dewar
Context triple: [Dewar, usedBy, John A. Dewar]
  • A. Thomas Dewar
    Thomas Dewar was a prominent Scottish whisky distiller and businessman, best known for co-founding the Dewar’s Scotch whisky brand and helping popularize blended Scotch worldwide.
  • B. Kenneth Dewar
    Kenneth Dewar was a British Royal Navy officer and naval historian known for his controversial views on naval tactics and his involvement in interwar naval debates.
  • C. John Dewar
    John Dewar is a Scottish whisky distiller best known for founding the Dewar’s blended Scotch whisky brand.
  • D. Andrew Buchan
    Andrew Buchan is a British actor best known for his role as Mark Latimer in the acclaimed crime drama series "Broadchurch."
  • E. William Kerr
    William Kerr is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including "The Five-Year Engagement."
  • 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 A. Dewar
Triple: [Dewar, usedBy, John A. Dewar]
Generated description
John A. Dewar is a Scottish distiller and businessman best known for founding the John Dewar & Sons whisky company, which produces the Dewar’s blended Scotch whisky brand.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John A. Dewar
Target entity description: John A. Dewar is a Scottish distiller and businessman best known for founding the John Dewar & Sons whisky company, which produces the Dewar’s blended Scotch whisky brand.
  • A. Thomas Dewar
    Thomas Dewar was a prominent Scottish whisky distiller and businessman, best known for co-founding the Dewar’s Scotch whisky brand and helping popularize blended Scotch worldwide.
  • B. Kenneth Dewar
    Kenneth Dewar was a British Royal Navy officer and naval historian known for his controversial views on naval tactics and his involvement in interwar naval debates.
  • C. John Dewar chosen
    John Dewar is a Scottish whisky distiller best known for founding the Dewar’s blended Scotch whisky brand.
  • D. Andrew Buchan
    Andrew Buchan is a British actor best known for his role as Mark Latimer in the acclaimed crime drama series "Broadchurch."
  • E. William Kerr
    William Kerr is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including "The Five-Year Engagement."
  • F. None of above.

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_69d80769eaf081909d82f44e484d6113 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbb07ca07481909c45da551ea61ab4 completed April 12, 2026, 2:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7a83aeeb48190b92b00366791ab15 completed May 3, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7a91deb3c8190ad2be7f1ca99ac9b completed May 3, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7ad51c6808190afa80fc3622399bf completed May 3, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:50 p.m.