Triple
T15847396
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Maitland Balfour |
E384248
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Balfour of Whittingehame
James Balfour of Whittingehame was a Scottish landowner and politician from an influential East Lothian family in the 18th–19th century.
|
E1192044
|
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: James Balfour of Whittingehame | Statement: [James Maitland Balfour, father, James Balfour of Whittingehame]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Balfour of Whittingehame Context triple: [James Maitland Balfour, father, James Balfour of Whittingehame]
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A.
Archibald Johnston of Wariston
Archibald Johnston of Wariston was a prominent 17th-century Scottish lawyer and Covenanter leader who played a key role in the political and religious struggles of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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B.
George Douglas of Pittendreich
George Douglas of Pittendreich was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family and the father of James Douglas, who became the 4th Earl of Morton and Regent of Scotland.
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C.
William Elphinstone
William Elphinstone was a British colonial administrator and politician who served in high-ranking roles in India during the era of the British East India Company.
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D.
William Elphinstone
William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
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E.
James Douglas, 4th Lord Dalkeith
James Douglas, 4th Lord Dalkeith, was a Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who became the first Earl of Morton in the 15th century.
- 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: James Balfour of Whittingehame Triple: [James Maitland Balfour, father, James Balfour of Whittingehame]
Generated description
James Balfour of Whittingehame was a Scottish landowner and politician from an influential East Lothian family in the 18th–19th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Balfour of Whittingehame Target entity description: James Balfour of Whittingehame was a Scottish landowner and politician from an influential East Lothian family in the 18th–19th century.
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A.
Archibald Johnston of Wariston
Archibald Johnston of Wariston was a prominent 17th-century Scottish lawyer and Covenanter leader who played a key role in the political and religious struggles of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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B.
George Douglas of Pittendreich
George Douglas of Pittendreich was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family and the father of James Douglas, who became the 4th Earl of Morton and Regent of Scotland.
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C.
William Elphinstone
William Elphinstone was a British colonial administrator and politician who served in high-ranking roles in India during the era of the British East India Company.
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D.
William Elphinstone
William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
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E.
James Douglas, 4th Lord Dalkeith
James Douglas, 4th Lord Dalkeith, was a Scottish nobleman of the powerful Douglas family who became the first Earl of Morton in the 15th century.
- 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_69d86da422088190aac39e32e6c68429 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e14ca7c8f08190abe21cbb0c390f95 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 8:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffe469012481908fd9955c72e756a3 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ffe5320ea08190a77850567296de9b |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ffe56441b881909e3a97331e3821d2 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:54 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:50 a.m.