Triple

T18679234
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kinkaid E456687 entity
Predicate hasVariantSpelling P457 FINISHED
Object Kincaid
Kincaid is a surname of Scottish origin, often associated with families from the area near Glasgow and used both as a family name and a given name.
 E1337305 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: Kincaid | Statement: [Kinkaid, hasVariantSpelling, Kincaid]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kincaid
Context triple: [Kinkaid, hasVariantSpelling, Kincaid]
  • A. MacKinney
    MacKinney is a surname variant of McKinney, commonly found in English-speaking countries.
  • B. Considine
    Considine is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as politics, entertainment, and sports.
  • C. Kinsley
    Kinsley is a village in West Yorkshire, England, situated within the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield.
  • D. Ketcham
    Ketcham is a supporting character in the 1970 Western film "Rio Lobo," which stars John Wayne.
  • E. Glendenning
    Glendenning is a minor character in David Foster Wallace’s unfinished novel "The Pale King," appearing among the ensemble of IRS employees whose lives and inner struggles the book explores.
  • 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: Kincaid
Triple: [Kinkaid, hasVariantSpelling, Kincaid]
Generated description
Kincaid is a surname of Scottish origin, often associated with families from the area near Glasgow and used both as a family name and a given name.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kincaid
Target entity description: Kincaid is a surname of Scottish origin, often associated with families from the area near Glasgow and used both as a family name and a given name.
  • A. MacKinney
    MacKinney is a surname variant of McKinney, commonly found in English-speaking countries.
  • B. Considine
    Considine is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as politics, entertainment, and sports.
  • C. Kinsley
    Kinsley is a village in West Yorkshire, England, situated within the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield.
  • D. Ketcham
    Ketcham is a supporting character in the 1970 Western film "Rio Lobo," which stars John Wayne.
  • E. Glendenning
    Glendenning is a minor character in David Foster Wallace’s unfinished novel "The Pale King," appearing among the ensemble of IRS employees whose lives and inner struggles the book explores.
  • 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_69d8d391eb488190ac2e9abf5bf255e4 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e55b2783648190bb602e2b07eedf92 completed April 19, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a052355d4ec819099c19ff2662df92f completed May 14, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05247c52f08190b8c9cf9268f65a82 completed May 14, 2026, 1:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0524eced608190a1b3468f6d0189c2 completed May 14, 2026, 1:27 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:48 a.m.