Triple
T22106955
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Norman MacCaig |
E546310
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Norman Alexander MacCaig |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Norman Alexander MacCaig | Statement: [Norman MacCaig, birthName, Norman Alexander MacCaig]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Alexander MacCaig Context triple: [Norman MacCaig, birthName, Norman Alexander MacCaig]
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A.
Norman MacCaig
chosen
Norman MacCaig was a prominent 20th-century Scottish poet renowned for his clear, lyrical verse and vivid depictions of the Scottish landscape and everyday life.
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B.
Gordon Davie
Gordon Davie is a screenwriter best known for writing the 1998 film "The Interview."
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C.
Ian Macpherson
Ian Macpherson is a British businessman best known as the founder of the construction and consultancy company Mace Group.
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D.
Ian Macfarlan
Ian Macfarlan was an Australian politician who briefly served as Premier of Victoria in the 1930s.
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E.
William Gordon MacRae
William Gordon MacRae is one of the children of British-born American actress and singer Sheila MacRae.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e11e378dc08190896d6a51597afd5a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12919dd388190b8ca08e2464cb0b8 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:39 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:30 p.m.