Triple

T3076639
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas E64152 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Archibald Douglas (claimant in the Douglas Cause)
Archibald Douglas was the central figure in the 18th-century Scottish legal battle known as the Douglas Cause, which contested his right to inherit the vast Douglas estates.
E325611 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: Archibald Douglas (claimant in the Douglas Cause) | Statement: [James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas, successor, Archibald Douglas (claimant in the Douglas Cause)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Archibald Douglas (claimant in the Douglas Cause)
Context triple: [James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas, successor, Archibald Douglas (claimant in the Douglas Cause)]
  • A. Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
    Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a major role in the turbulent politics and warfare of late medieval Scotland.
  • B. Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas
    Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and magnate whose rivalry with the crown played a central role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
  • C. Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas
    Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader renowned for his fierce reputation and key role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • D. James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose conflict with King James II led to his murder and the downfall of the Black Douglas family.
  • E. James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble whose rebellion against King James II led to the downfall and forfeiture of the once-dominant Black Douglas family.
  • 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: Archibald Douglas (claimant in the Douglas Cause)
Triple: [James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas, successor, Archibald Douglas (claimant in the Douglas Cause)]
Generated description
Archibald Douglas was the central figure in the 18th-century Scottish legal battle known as the Douglas Cause, which contested his right to inherit the vast Douglas estates.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Archibald Douglas (claimant in the Douglas Cause)
Target entity description: Archibald Douglas was the central figure in the 18th-century Scottish legal battle known as the Douglas Cause, which contested his right to inherit the vast Douglas estates.
  • A. Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
    Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a major role in the turbulent politics and warfare of late medieval Scotland.
  • B. Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas
    Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble and magnate whose rivalry with the crown played a central role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
  • C. Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas
    Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader renowned for his fierce reputation and key role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • D. James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose conflict with King James II led to his murder and the downfall of the Black Douglas family.
  • E. James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish noble whose rebellion against King James II led to the downfall and forfeiture of the once-dominant Black Douglas family.
  • 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_69ad857a8aec8190bfdfd9c14554ac5a completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada1a5b4108190979654b459990afd completed March 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1f889e7fc8190858845221998f321 completed March 11, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1fc3dc05081909e31da44fb8b37c7 completed March 11, 2026, 11:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1fd2088388190b405726e7869e112 completed March 11, 2026, 11:39 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:02 p.m.