Triple

T18216479
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MacVicar E436172 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Angus MacVicar
Angus MacVicar was a Scottish author best known for his crime and science fiction novels, radio and television scripts, and popular juvenile adventure stories.
E1318631 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: Angus MacVicar | Statement: [MacVicar, hasNotableBearer, Angus MacVicar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Angus MacVicar
Context triple: [MacVicar, hasNotableBearer, Angus MacVicar]
  • A. Roderick MacLeod
    Roderick MacLeod is a Scottish surname bearer known from various historical and contemporary figures, often associated with the Highland clan MacLeod.
  • B. Duncan Mackenzie
    Duncan Mackenzie was a British archaeologist known for his excavation work in the early 20th century, including significant contributions to the study of Near Eastern sites.
  • C. Duncan MacRae
    Duncan MacRae is a notable individual distinguished by achievements significant enough to be historically or culturally recognized under the surname MacRae.
  • D. Archibald MacKinnon
    Archibald MacKinnon was a Scottish artist known for creating the famous religious cave painting on Davaar Island off the coast of Campbeltown, Scotland.
  • E. Alexander Macmillan
    Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
  • 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: Angus MacVicar
Triple: [MacVicar, hasNotableBearer, Angus MacVicar]
Generated description
Angus MacVicar was a Scottish author best known for his crime and science fiction novels, radio and television scripts, and popular juvenile adventure stories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Angus MacVicar
Target entity description: Angus MacVicar was a Scottish author best known for his crime and science fiction novels, radio and television scripts, and popular juvenile adventure stories.
  • A. Roderick MacLeod
    Roderick MacLeod is a Scottish surname bearer known from various historical and contemporary figures, often associated with the Highland clan MacLeod.
  • B. Duncan Mackenzie
    Duncan Mackenzie was a British archaeologist known for his excavation work in the early 20th century, including significant contributions to the study of Near Eastern sites.
  • C. Duncan MacRae
    Duncan MacRae is a notable individual distinguished by achievements significant enough to be historically or culturally recognized under the surname MacRae.
  • D. Archibald MacKinnon
    Archibald MacKinnon was a Scottish artist known for creating the famous religious cave painting on Davaar Island off the coast of Campbeltown, Scotland.
  • E. Alexander Macmillan
    Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
  • 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_69d8b9103a8081908bbb0836fef10efd completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4e47765a081908d0bbca1245f89ba completed April 19, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03c4b2915c819080678dbcd0558e65 completed May 13, 2026, 12:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03c582c9fc8190a656bb9e5544b5cf completed May 13, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03c64c02288190903c7e9123ca5a79 completed May 13, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:32 a.m.