Triple

T15439382
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Graham McTavish E369856 entity
Predicate portrayed P1668 FINISHED
Object Dougal MacKenzie
Dougal MacKenzie is a fierce and politically shrewd Highland war chief and Jacobite supporter in the historical drama series "Outlander."
E1159996 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: Dougal MacKenzie | Statement: [Graham McTavish, portrayed, Dougal MacKenzie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dougal MacKenzie
Context triple: [Graham McTavish, portrayed, Dougal MacKenzie]
  • A. Ian MacNeil
    Ian MacNeil is the son of Canadian-American journalist and former PBS NewsHour co-anchor Robert MacNeil.
  • B. Ian McLagan
    Ian McLagan was an English keyboardist best known as a member of the Small Faces and Faces and for his extensive session and touring work with major rock artists.
  • C. Iain MacRae
    Iain MacRae is a notable individual who bears the Scottish surname MacRae, recognized among people associated with that family name.
  • D. Al MacNeil
    Al MacNeil is a Canadian former NHL defenseman and coach best known for leading the Montreal Canadiens to the 1971 Stanley Cup championship.
  • E. Duncan MacRae
    Duncan MacRae is a notable individual distinguished by achievements significant enough to be historically or culturally recognized under the surname MacRae.
  • 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: Dougal MacKenzie
Triple: [Graham McTavish, portrayed, Dougal MacKenzie]
Generated description
Dougal MacKenzie is a fierce and politically shrewd Highland war chief and Jacobite supporter in the historical drama series "Outlander."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dougal MacKenzie
Target entity description: Dougal MacKenzie is a fierce and politically shrewd Highland war chief and Jacobite supporter in the historical drama series "Outlander."
  • A. Ian MacNeil
    Ian MacNeil is the son of Canadian-American journalist and former PBS NewsHour co-anchor Robert MacNeil.
  • B. Ian McLagan
    Ian McLagan was an English keyboardist best known as a member of the Small Faces and Faces and for his extensive session and touring work with major rock artists.
  • C. Iain MacRae
    Iain MacRae is a notable individual who bears the Scottish surname MacRae, recognized among people associated with that family name.
  • D. Al MacNeil
    Al MacNeil is a Canadian former NHL defenseman and coach best known for leading the Montreal Canadiens to the 1971 Stanley Cup championship.
  • E. Duncan MacRae
    Duncan MacRae is a notable individual distinguished by achievements significant enough to be historically or culturally recognized under the surname MacRae.
  • 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_69d85a19180081909925012fbf4e62a3 completed April 10, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03eddf258819082679970b7d2b6af completed April 16, 2026, 1:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff365337c481909b9f9a376cf9462e completed May 9, 2026, 1:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff36c27aa88190ad3f84ba008b702b completed May 9, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff377410dc8190a1febdd0ed298aa3 completed May 9, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:21 a.m.