Triple

T4190
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Douglas E80 entity
Predicate hasSurnameForm P18 FINISHED
Object Douglas (surname)
Douglas (surname) is a Scottish family name of Gaelic origin historically associated with a powerful Lowland clan and widely borne in English-speaking countries.
E878 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Douglas (surname) | Statement: [Douglas, hasSurnameForm, Douglas (surname)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas (surname)
Context triple: [Douglas, hasSurnameForm, Douglas (surname)]
  • A. Douglas
    Douglas is a masculine given name of Scottish origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
  • B. Porter
    Porter is a transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts that serves both MBTA commuter rail and Red Line subway services.
  • C. Andrew
    Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
  • D. Lynn
    Lynn is a coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts, known as one of the larger urban centers in the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
  • E. Edwin
    Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
  • 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: Douglas (surname)
Triple: [Douglas, hasSurnameForm, Douglas (surname)]
Generated description
Douglas (surname) is a Scottish family name of Gaelic origin historically associated with a powerful Lowland clan and widely borne in English-speaking countries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas (surname)
Target entity description: Douglas (surname) is a Scottish family name of Gaelic origin historically associated with a powerful Lowland clan and widely borne in English-speaking countries.
  • A. Douglas
    Douglas is a masculine given name of Scottish origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
  • B. Porter
    Porter is a transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts that serves both MBTA commuter rail and Red Line subway services.
  • C. Andrew
    Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
  • D. Lynn
    Lynn is a coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts, known as one of the larger urban centers in the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
  • E. Edwin
    Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasSurnameForm
Context triple: [Douglas, hasSurnameForm, Douglas (surname)]
  • A. familyName chosen
    Indicates that one entity is the family (last) name associated with another entity (typically a person).
  • B. fullName
    Indicates that an entity has a complete personal name, typically combining given name(s) and family name into a single string.
  • C. honorificSuffix
    Indicates that one entity is a respectful or formal suffix appended to another entity’s name or title.
  • D. hasForm
    Indicates that one entity possesses, exhibits, or is characterized by a particular shape, structure, or configuration.
  • E. hasDemonym
    Indicates that one entity is the term (demonym) used to refer to the inhabitants or natives of another entity (typically a place).
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a238d6b47881909e68288aed2fd858 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a23c24b3d08190a714126292fd5479 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a243c6f10c81908305b9e03c79a6ae completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2463a71188190a7252fae85f68711 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a246e74bfc8190ba3ea9818a55cc28 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a23998af288190855f0456740cbd51 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:40 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:40 a.m.