Triple
T3093361
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ross and Macdonald |
E64534
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Henry Macdonald
Robert Henry Macdonald is a businessman best known as a co-founder of the company Ross and Macdonald.
|
E326441
|
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: Robert Henry Macdonald | Statement: [Ross and Macdonald, foundedBy, Robert Henry Macdonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Henry Macdonald Context triple: [Ross and Macdonald, foundedBy, Robert Henry Macdonald]
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A.
John MacLeod
John MacLeod was an American basketball coach best known for leading the Phoenix Suns to multiple playoff appearances, including a trip to the 1976 NBA Finals.
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B.
Sir William Macdonald
Sir William Macdonald was a prominent Canadian tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist whose generous endowments significantly shaped McGill University and its agricultural education programs.
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C.
C. W. Orr
C. W. Orr was an English composer best known for his art songs, particularly his settings of A. E. Housman's poetry.
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D.
Æneas MacKenzie
Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
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E.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
- 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: Robert Henry Macdonald Triple: [Ross and Macdonald, foundedBy, Robert Henry Macdonald]
Generated description
Robert Henry Macdonald is a businessman best known as a co-founder of the company Ross and Macdonald.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Henry Macdonald Target entity description: Robert Henry Macdonald is a businessman best known as a co-founder of the company Ross and Macdonald.
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A.
John MacLeod
John MacLeod was an American basketball coach best known for leading the Phoenix Suns to multiple playoff appearances, including a trip to the 1976 NBA Finals.
-
B.
Sir William Macdonald
Sir William Macdonald was a prominent Canadian tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist whose generous endowments significantly shaped McGill University and its agricultural education programs.
-
C.
C. W. Orr
C. W. Orr was an English composer best known for his art songs, particularly his settings of A. E. Housman's poetry.
-
D.
Æneas MacKenzie
Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
-
E.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
- 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_69ad857c97d88190b26f9b1c90839c77 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada23876a4819095bfc28640d8c200 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b203697abc8190b93e8c85ada5bdfc |
completed | March 12, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b2043430548190a538c183aef44b44 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 12:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b204c812f081908fe5733305123c0e |
completed | March 12, 2026, 12:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.