Triple

T364744
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Royal Academy of Engineering E7933 entity
Predicate hasPresident P112 FINISHED
Object Sir Jim McDonald
Sir Jim McDonald is a prominent Scottish engineer and academic leader known for his contributions to power systems engineering and his role as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde.
E93105 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: Sir Jim McDonald | Statement: [Royal Academy of Engineering, hasPresident, Sir Jim McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Jim McDonald
Context triple: [Royal Academy of Engineering, hasPresident, Sir Jim McDonald]
  • A. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • B. Graeme Gibson
    Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
  • C. Archibald Clive Irvine
    Archibald Clive Irvine is a notable individual recognized for bearing the given name Clive.
  • D. Andrew Logan
    Andrew Logan is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2017 historical drama film "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
  • E. Barry Melrose
    Barry Melrose is a former NHL head coach and longtime hockey analyst best known for coaching the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final and his work on ESPN.
  • 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: Sir Jim McDonald
Triple: [Royal Academy of Engineering, hasPresident, Sir Jim McDonald]
Generated description
Sir Jim McDonald is a prominent Scottish engineer and academic leader known for his contributions to power systems engineering and his role as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Jim McDonald
Target entity description: Sir Jim McDonald is a prominent Scottish engineer and academic leader known for his contributions to power systems engineering and his role as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde.
  • A. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • B. Graeme Gibson
    Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
  • C. Archibald Clive Irvine
    Archibald Clive Irvine is a notable individual recognized for bearing the given name Clive.
  • D. Andrew Logan
    Andrew Logan is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2017 historical drama film "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
  • E. Barry Melrose
    Barry Melrose is a former NHL head coach and longtime hockey analyst best known for coaching the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final and his work on ESPN.
  • 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ebe6c1b4819083335e880c205ed6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a6732881488190a6f6eb556a42277c completed March 3, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a6748b3ca08190a9177c8c9153d747 completed March 3, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a674b3179481909e02a2f70466ac0b completed March 3, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.