Triple
T18338307
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Brown |
E439330
|
entity |
| Predicate | mother |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Catherine Mackenzie
Catherine Mackenzie was the mother of Canadian journalist and politician George Brown, a key figure in the founding of Canada.
|
E1325103
|
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: Catherine Mackenzie | Statement: [George Brown, mother, Catherine Mackenzie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catherine Mackenzie Context triple: [George Brown, mother, Catherine Mackenzie]
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A.
Anna Mackenzie
Anna Mackenzie was a 17th-century Scottish noblewoman noted for her influential marriages into powerful aristocratic families and her role in the political and social life of her time.
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B.
Isabel Mackenzie
Isabel Mackenzie was the daughter of Canadian political reformer William Lyon Mackenzie and the mother of future Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, linking two major figures in Canadian history.
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C.
Elizabeth Macdowall
Elizabeth Macdowall was the wife of Scottish judge and memoirist Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, and a member of Edinburgh’s early 19th-century legal and social circles.
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D.
Laura Mackenzie
Laura Mackenzie is the birth name of American actress and singer Mackenzie Phillips, known for her roles in "American Graffiti" and the sitcom "One Day at a Time."
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E.
Catherine Melville
Catherine Melville was a 19th-century American woman best known as a sister of the novelist Herman Melville.
- 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: Catherine Mackenzie Triple: [George Brown, mother, Catherine Mackenzie]
Generated description
Catherine Mackenzie was the mother of Canadian journalist and politician George Brown, a key figure in the founding of Canada.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catherine Mackenzie Target entity description: Catherine Mackenzie was the mother of Canadian journalist and politician George Brown, a key figure in the founding of Canada.
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A.
Anna Mackenzie
Anna Mackenzie was a 17th-century Scottish noblewoman noted for her influential marriages into powerful aristocratic families and her role in the political and social life of her time.
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B.
Isabel Mackenzie
Isabel Mackenzie was the daughter of Canadian political reformer William Lyon Mackenzie and the mother of future Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, linking two major figures in Canadian history.
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C.
Elizabeth Macdowall
Elizabeth Macdowall was the wife of Scottish judge and memoirist Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, and a member of Edinburgh’s early 19th-century legal and social circles.
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D.
Laura Mackenzie
Laura Mackenzie is the birth name of American actress and singer Mackenzie Phillips, known for her roles in "American Graffiti" and the sitcom "One Day at a Time."
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E.
Catherine Melville
Catherine Melville was a 19th-century American woman best known as a sister of the novelist Herman Melville.
- 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_6a040fcdca188190abea6661ab8673ab |
completed | May 13, 2026, 5:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a041252d17c81908d61ff0e2ba0dfaa |
completed | May 13, 2026, 5:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0412ee06a08190b8cbd84611d12fad |
completed | May 13, 2026, 5:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.