Triple
T3658151
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin |
E77582
|
entity |
| Predicate | sibling |
P363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Robert Bruce
William Robert Bruce was a member of the Scottish aristocratic Bruce family and the brother of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, famed for acquiring the Elgin Marbles.
|
E398885
|
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 Robert Bruce | Statement: [Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, sibling, William Robert Bruce]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Robert Bruce Context triple: [Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, sibling, William Robert Bruce]
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A.
Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine
Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, known as Lord Irvine of Lairg, is a British Labour politician and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor under Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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B.
Richard Francis-Bruce
Richard Francis-Bruce is an Australian film editor renowned for his work on major Hollywood action and drama films.
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C.
William Speirs Bruce
William Speirs Bruce was a Scottish naturalist and polar explorer best known for leading the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition and making significant contributions to oceanography and Antarctic science.
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D.
Robert Alexander
Robert Alexander is an individual known primarily as a relative of John Alexander, though further widely recognized biographical details are not clearly established.
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E.
William John Cunningham
William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
- 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 Robert Bruce Triple: [Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, sibling, William Robert Bruce]
Generated description
William Robert Bruce was a member of the Scottish aristocratic Bruce family and the brother of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, famed for acquiring the Elgin Marbles.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Robert Bruce Target entity description: William Robert Bruce was a member of the Scottish aristocratic Bruce family and the brother of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, famed for acquiring the Elgin Marbles.
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A.
Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine
Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, known as Lord Irvine of Lairg, is a British Labour politician and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor under Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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B.
Richard Francis-Bruce
Richard Francis-Bruce is an Australian film editor renowned for his work on major Hollywood action and drama films.
-
C.
William Speirs Bruce
William Speirs Bruce was a Scottish naturalist and polar explorer best known for leading the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition and making significant contributions to oceanography and Antarctic science.
-
D.
Robert Alexander
Robert Alexander is an individual known primarily as a relative of John Alexander, though further widely recognized biographical details are not clearly established.
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E.
William John Cunningham
William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
- 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_69ad85def5cc8190863dccf55a18bebb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc3d48a2081908ac0f76d548a53ee |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5282613d0819085a47d1fffdaa4d5 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5292b13a08190bf23231285adae38 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b529600884819098cb208e38e6281a |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:24 p.m.