Triple

T2542767
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Knocknanuss E57821 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Alasdair MacColla
Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
E277626 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: Alasdair MacColla | Statement: [Battle of Knocknanuss, commander, Alasdair MacColla]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alasdair MacColla
Context triple: [Battle of Knocknanuss, commander, Alasdair MacColla]
  • A. Jock MacKenzie
    Jock MacKenzie was a cinematographer known for his work on the 1933 adventure-fantasy film "Son of Kong," the sequel to the original "King Kong."
  • B. Macdonald of Sleat
    Macdonald of Sleat is a prominent Scottish Highland clan and landowning family historically associated with the Isle of Skye and known for its significant role in the region’s social and economic history.
  • C. David Munro
    David Munro is a filmmaker best known for directing the documentary "Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia," which exposed the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime to international audiences.
  • D. Ewen MacIntosh
    Ewen MacIntosh is a British actor and comedian best known for playing the deadpan accountant Keith Bishop in the original UK version of "The Office."
  • E. John Cockburn of Ormiston
    John Cockburn of Ormiston was a Scottish landowner and agricultural improver of the early 18th century, noted for pioneering modern farming practices on his Ormiston estate in East Lothian.
  • 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: Alasdair MacColla
Triple: [Battle of Knocknanuss, commander, Alasdair MacColla]
Generated description
Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alasdair MacColla
Target entity description: Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
  • A. Jock MacKenzie
    Jock MacKenzie was a cinematographer known for his work on the 1933 adventure-fantasy film "Son of Kong," the sequel to the original "King Kong."
  • B. Macdonald of Sleat
    Macdonald of Sleat is a prominent Scottish Highland clan and landowning family historically associated with the Isle of Skye and known for its significant role in the region’s social and economic history.
  • C. David Munro
    David Munro is a filmmaker best known for directing the documentary "Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia," which exposed the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime to international audiences.
  • D. Ewen MacIntosh
    Ewen MacIntosh is a British actor and comedian best known for playing the deadpan accountant Keith Bishop in the original UK version of "The Office."
  • E. John Cockburn of Ormiston
    John Cockburn of Ormiston was a Scottish landowner and agricultural improver of the early 18th century, noted for pioneering modern farming practices on his Ormiston estate in East Lothian.
  • 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_69ab4a5212d88190b989ce129f2ad87f completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd2bf6cac819083a9ab9d041d8641 completed March 7, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af5d046430819095605b8a8fd987d5 completed March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af5f4be20c8190a0da1a25c7b097b8 completed March 10, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af5fe06e6881908e0b11f3101cb0f0 completed March 10, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.