Triple

T2776575
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earl of Morton E61584 entity
Predicate titleHolder P1911 FINISHED
Object William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
E357437 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 Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton | Statement: [Earl of Morton, titleHolder, William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
Context triple: [Earl of Morton, titleHolder, William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton]
  • A. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
  • B. James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and political figure who played a key role in the turbulent politics of the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • C. William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
    William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose influence and conflicts with the crown played a major role in late medieval Scottish politics.
  • D. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
  • E. John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
    John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.
  • 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 Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
Triple: [Earl of Morton, titleHolder, William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton]
Generated description
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
Target entity description: William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.
  • A. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
  • B. James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and political figure who played a key role in the turbulent politics of the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • C. William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
    William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose influence and conflicts with the crown played a major role in late medieval Scottish politics.
  • D. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
  • E. John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
    John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.
  • 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_69ab4b7cd13481909174bca9809ed259 completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdd82a864819082bd1181a16d5208 completed March 7, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3544e32a0819087d554982f443b1d completed March 13, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b358312fc881908d0f56ab1f56e78c completed March 13, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b358e305548190b861e5ecbb59fa56 completed March 13, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.