Triple

T21020247
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Somers Mutiny E517785 entity
Predicate commandingOfficer P884 FINISHED
Object Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie was a 19th-century United States Navy officer and author best known for his controversial handling of the 1842 Somers Mutiny, in which he ordered the execution of three alleged mutineers at sea.
E1462171 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: Alexander Slidell Mackenzie | Statement: [Somers Mutiny, commandingOfficer, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
Context triple: [Somers Mutiny, commandingOfficer, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie]
  • A. John MacDonald
    John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
  • B. John MacDonald
    John MacDonald, better known as John of Islay, Earl of Ross, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and Lord of the Isles who played a key role in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and western seaboard.
  • C. Æneas MacKenzie
    Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
  • D. William Lyon Mackenzie
    William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician, and reform leader who became a central figure in early Canadian democracy and led the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.
  • E. Conrad Chisholm
    Conrad Chisholm was the husband of pioneering U.S. congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm.
  • 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: Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
Triple: [Somers Mutiny, commandingOfficer, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie]
Generated description
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie was a 19th-century United States Navy officer and author best known for his controversial handling of the 1842 Somers Mutiny, in which he ordered the execution of three alleged mutineers at sea.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
Target entity description: Alexander Slidell Mackenzie was a 19th-century United States Navy officer and author best known for his controversial handling of the 1842 Somers Mutiny, in which he ordered the execution of three alleged mutineers at sea.
  • A. John MacDonald
    John MacDonald is a business founder and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company MDA.
  • B. John MacDonald
    John MacDonald, better known as John of Islay, Earl of Ross, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and Lord of the Isles who played a key role in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and western seaboard.
  • C. Æneas MacKenzie
    Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
  • D. William Lyon Mackenzie
    William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician, and reform leader who became a central figure in early Canadian democracy and led the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.
  • E. Conrad Chisholm
    Conrad Chisholm was the husband of pioneering U.S. congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm.
  • 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_69e0b50262b081909bc488937145eb73 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6fc5c905c8190ba2f9f82b6cd1648 completed April 21, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a093b68fd48819098ba4ba22a4f1cbd completed May 17, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a093d26c38881908f8e5e0200411330 completed May 17, 2026, 3:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a093da7c214819099218effbfba8ac7 completed May 17, 2026, 4:01 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:54 p.m.