Triple

T20338060
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Comyn family E495666 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object William Comyn, Earl of Buchan
William Comyn, Earl of Buchan, was a powerful 13th-century Scottish noble and Justiciar whose marriage into the Buchan earldom greatly expanded the influence of the Comyn family in medieval Scotland.
E1434587 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: William Comyn, Earl of Buchan | Statement: [Comyn family, notableMember, William Comyn, Earl of Buchan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Comyn, Earl of Buchan
Context triple: [Comyn family, notableMember, William Comyn, Earl of Buchan]
  • A. Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan
    Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, was a prominent 13th-century Scottish nobleman and political leader who served as one of the Guardians of Scotland during the interregnum following the death of Alexander III.
  • B. Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith
    Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, was a powerful 13th-century Scottish noble and political figure who played a major role in the kingdom’s affairs during the reign of Alexander II.
  • C. John Stewart, Earl of Carrick
    John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Robert II of Scotland who later reigned as King Robert III.
  • D. Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
    Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan—known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"—was a notoriously lawless 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II, infamous for his brutal raids and destruction in the Highlands.
  • E. Walter Stewart, Earl of Fife
    Walter Stewart, Earl of Fife, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure, who played a role in the complex dynastic politics of the early Stewart monarchy.
  • 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: William Comyn, Earl of Buchan
Triple: [Comyn family, notableMember, William Comyn, Earl of Buchan]
Generated description
William Comyn, Earl of Buchan, was a powerful 13th-century Scottish noble and Justiciar whose marriage into the Buchan earldom greatly expanded the influence of the Comyn family in medieval Scotland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Comyn, Earl of Buchan
Target entity description: William Comyn, Earl of Buchan, was a powerful 13th-century Scottish noble and Justiciar whose marriage into the Buchan earldom greatly expanded the influence of the Comyn family in medieval Scotland.
  • A. Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan
    Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, was a prominent 13th-century Scottish nobleman and political leader who served as one of the Guardians of Scotland during the interregnum following the death of Alexander III.
  • B. Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith
    Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, was a powerful 13th-century Scottish noble and political figure who played a major role in the kingdom’s affairs during the reign of Alexander II.
  • C. John Stewart, Earl of Carrick
    John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Robert II of Scotland who later reigned as King Robert III.
  • D. Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
    Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan—known as the "Wolf of Badenoch"—was a notoriously lawless 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II, infamous for his brutal raids and destruction in the Highlands.
  • E. Walter Stewart, Earl of Fife
    Walter Stewart, Earl of Fife, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and son of King Robert II of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure, who played a role in the complex dynastic politics of the early Stewart monarchy.
  • 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_69e0b4a1a09881908d97270d6971a25a completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e678332bd08190a83880fb6aa32e08 completed April 20, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08939e2a5881909affec685c1c477e completed May 16, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0894753bb08190a9c07a9264b2b292 completed May 16, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08952b742c8190b00f806ab772e46d completed May 16, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:23 a.m.