Triple
T3539464
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | MacLeod |
E74847
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alistair MacLeod
Alistair MacLeod was a Canadian author renowned for his powerful short stories and the novel "No Great Mischief," which vividly depict the lives of Cape Breton’s Scottish-descended communities.
|
E366774
|
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: Alistair MacLeod | Statement: [MacLeod, hasNotableBearer, Alistair MacLeod]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alistair MacLeod Context triple: [MacLeod, hasNotableBearer, Alistair MacLeod]
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A.
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
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B.
Ann Kelsey
Ann Kelsey is a sharp, principled attorney on the television legal drama "L.A. Law," known for her professionalism and complex personal relationships within the firm.
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C.
Campbell McInnes
Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
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D.
Laurence McKeown
Laurence McKeown is an Irish former Provisional IRA member, writer, and academic who became known for his participation in the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike and later work on conflict, memory, and reconciliation.
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E.
Naomi Mitchison
Naomi Mitchison was a prolific 20th-century Scottish novelist, poet, and social activist known for her historical and speculative fiction as well as her engagement in feminist and socialist causes.
- 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: Alistair MacLeod Triple: [MacLeod, hasNotableBearer, Alistair MacLeod]
Generated description
Alistair MacLeod was a Canadian author renowned for his powerful short stories and the novel "No Great Mischief," which vividly depict the lives of Cape Breton’s Scottish-descended communities.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alistair MacLeod Target entity description: Alistair MacLeod was a Canadian author renowned for his powerful short stories and the novel "No Great Mischief," which vividly depict the lives of Cape Breton’s Scottish-descended communities.
-
A.
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
-
B.
Ann Kelsey
Ann Kelsey is a sharp, principled attorney on the television legal drama "L.A. Law," known for her professionalism and complex personal relationships within the firm.
-
C.
Campbell McInnes
Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
-
D.
Laurence McKeown
Laurence McKeown is an Irish former Provisional IRA member, writer, and academic who became known for his participation in the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike and later work on conflict, memory, and reconciliation.
-
E.
Naomi Mitchison
Naomi Mitchison was a prolific 20th-century Scottish novelist, poet, and social activist known for her historical and speculative fiction as well as her engagement in feminist and socialist causes.
- 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_69ad85d274cc8190ab59c97298a1cfbf |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbccbbb5c8190a951754dda5fc642 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b38bd7fa3881909fee11cc6f4af7ea |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b38c9259f881908068961f4eaf11a0 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b38d04eb388190af64f990bac8d140 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.