Triple
T21782336
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hugh John Macdonald |
E537742
|
entity |
| Predicate | onlySurvivingSonOf |
P34614
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John A. Macdonald |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 A. Macdonald | Statement: [Hugh John Macdonald, onlySurvivingSonOf, John A. Macdonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John A. Macdonald Context triple: [Hugh John Macdonald, onlySurvivingSonOf, John A. Macdonald]
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A.
John A. Macdonald
chosen
John A. Macdonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada and a key architect of Canadian Confederation in the 19th century.
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B.
John Sandfield Macdonald
John Sandfield Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer and politician who became the first premier of Ontario after Confederation in 1867.
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C.
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier was a prominent Canadian statesman who served as the country’s seventh and first French Canadian prime minister, leading a long Liberal government during a period of national expansion and compromise.
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D.
John A. MacDonald
John A. MacDonald is a film producer best known for his work on the 1990 adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel "The Handmaid’s Tale."
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E.
Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald
Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald was a prominent French general and later Marshal of France who distinguished himself during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: onlySurvivingSonOf Context triple: [Hugh John Macdonald, onlySurvivingSonOf, John A. Macdonald]
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A.
onlySurvivingChildOf
Indicates that one person is the sole remaining living child of another person, with no other surviving siblings.
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B.
onlySonOf
chosen
Indicates that one person is the single male child of another person, with no other sons.
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C.
eldestSon
Indicates that one person is the oldest male child of another person.
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D.
youngerSonOf
Indicates that one person is the younger male child (son) of another person.
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E.
isSurvivorOf
Indicates that one entity has lived through, endured, or remained alive after a particular event, condition, or harmful circumstance involving another entity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69e0c47198f881908cb0d237266c10e9 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f0462ed0ec81908833e18c164e8b5c |
completed | April 28, 2026, 5:31 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e6be6299988190a34c98fa76d94700 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:52 p.m.