Triple
T1683452
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Secretary of State for External Affairs |
E36388
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHoldersInclude |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mark MacGuigan
Mark MacGuigan was a Canadian Liberal politician, law professor, and federal cabinet minister who notably served as Canada’s Secretary of State for External Affairs in the early 1980s.
|
E221544
|
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: Mark MacGuigan | Statement: [Secretary of State for External Affairs, officeHoldersInclude, Mark MacGuigan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark MacGuigan Context triple: [Secretary of State for External Affairs, officeHoldersInclude, Mark MacGuigan]
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A.
Fergus McMaster
Fergus McMaster was an Australian businessman best known as a co-founder and early chairman of Qantas, helping to establish it as a pioneering national airline.
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B.
John MacDougall
John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
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C.
Angus Campbell
Angus Campbell is a senior Australian Army officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Force.
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D.
Douglas McPhail
Douglas McPhail was an American singer and actor active in the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for his musical film roles at MGM.
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E.
Graeme Gibson
Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
- 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: Mark MacGuigan Triple: [Secretary of State for External Affairs, officeHoldersInclude, Mark MacGuigan]
Generated description
Mark MacGuigan was a Canadian Liberal politician, law professor, and federal cabinet minister who notably served as Canada’s Secretary of State for External Affairs in the early 1980s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark MacGuigan Target entity description: Mark MacGuigan was a Canadian Liberal politician, law professor, and federal cabinet minister who notably served as Canada’s Secretary of State for External Affairs in the early 1980s.
-
A.
Fergus McMaster
Fergus McMaster was an Australian businessman best known as a co-founder and early chairman of Qantas, helping to establish it as a pioneering national airline.
-
B.
John MacDougall
John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
-
C.
Angus Campbell
Angus Campbell is a senior Australian Army officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Force.
-
D.
Douglas McPhail
Douglas McPhail was an American singer and actor active in the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for his musical film roles at MGM.
-
E.
Graeme Gibson
Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
- 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_69a886139ed081909af0940aa9313512 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa627ab38081909d5f264ca49e036a |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0300207481908c8b91b83b2575bc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae039a7c948190b8b4b4c2045007d3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:17 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae04253a80819092c112faddec1de1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.