Triple
T18337987
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mackenzie Bowell |
E439322
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Sparrow David Thompson
John Sparrow David Thompson was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician who served briefly as the fourth Prime Minister of Canada in the early 1890s.
|
E1318144
|
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 Sparrow David Thompson | Statement: [Mackenzie Bowell, precededBy, John Sparrow David Thompson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Sparrow David Thompson Context triple: [Mackenzie Bowell, precededBy, John Sparrow David Thompson]
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A.
James Douglas
James Douglas was a prominent Scottish knight and close ally of Robert the Bruce, renowned for his guerrilla warfare tactics against the English during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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B.
James Douglas
James "Buster" Douglas is an American former professional boxer best known for his stunning 1990 upset victory over Mike Tyson to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.
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C.
James Douglas
James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician from the influential Douglas family.
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D.
James Douglas
James Douglas was an American actor known for his film and television roles in the mid-20th century, including appearing alongside Elvis Presley in "G.I. Blues."
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E.
James Douglas
James Douglas was a key early leader and philanthropist in American public health who helped establish what became the American Cancer Society.
- 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 Sparrow David Thompson Triple: [Mackenzie Bowell, precededBy, John Sparrow David Thompson]
Generated description
John Sparrow David Thompson was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician who served briefly as the fourth Prime Minister of Canada in the early 1890s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Sparrow David Thompson Target entity description: John Sparrow David Thompson was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician who served briefly as the fourth Prime Minister of Canada in the early 1890s.
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A.
James Douglas
James Douglas was a prominent Scottish knight and close ally of Robert the Bruce, renowned for his guerrilla warfare tactics against the English during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
-
B.
James Douglas
James "Buster" Douglas is an American former professional boxer best known for his stunning 1990 upset victory over Mike Tyson to win the undisputed heavyweight championship.
-
C.
James Douglas
James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and politician from the influential Douglas family.
-
D.
James Douglas
James Douglas was an American actor known for his film and television roles in the mid-20th century, including appearing alongside Elvis Presley in "G.I. Blues."
-
E.
James Douglas
James Douglas was a key early leader and philanthropist in American public health who helped establish what became the American Cancer Society.
- 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_69d8b9175fec8190af865699b4e64d8c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e50ecf3b4c81909372630ab634dd43 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a03c4d4bcb08190ae701be702c0c743 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 12:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a03c592f7d0819082d600901da2c2f6 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 12:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a03c63ec8c48190bad47d423ab2cfe7 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 12:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.