Triple

T4209986
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kerr E93876 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Alastair Kerr
Alastair Kerr is a historian and author known for his works on Scottish history and biography.
E425527 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: Alastair Kerr | Statement: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, Alastair Kerr]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alastair Kerr
Context triple: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, Alastair Kerr]
  • A. Alastair Grahame
    Alastair Grahame was the only son of British author Kenneth Grahame, whose troubled life and early death are often linked to the darker undercurrents in his father's classic work "The Wind in the Willows."
  • B. Alastair Stewart
    Alastair Stewart is a British journalist and long-serving television news presenter best known for his work with ITN and ITV News.
  • C. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • D. Angus Imrie
    Angus Imrie is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and radio, including roles in "The Archers" and "The Kid Who Would Be King."
  • E. Norman MacLeod
    Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
  • 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: Alastair Kerr
Triple: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, Alastair Kerr]
Generated description
Alastair Kerr is a historian and author known for his works on Scottish history and biography.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alastair Kerr
Target entity description: Alastair Kerr is a historian and author known for his works on Scottish history and biography.
  • A. Alastair Grahame
    Alastair Grahame was the only son of British author Kenneth Grahame, whose troubled life and early death are often linked to the darker undercurrents in his father's classic work "The Wind in the Willows."
  • B. Alastair Stewart
    Alastair Stewart is a British journalist and long-serving television news presenter best known for his work with ITN and ITV News.
  • C. Duncan Stewart
    Duncan Stewart is a music producer best known for his work on U2’s album "Songs of Surrender."
  • D. Angus Imrie
    Angus Imrie is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and radio, including roles in "The Archers" and "The Kid Who Would Be King."
  • E. Norman MacLeod
    Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
  • 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_69b3451743608190808f41d17ccf2650 completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34810de648190b09c5e705cf0a74e completed March 12, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5b76f07b4819097b59868af43b611 completed March 14, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5b80e6b6c8190a6c10c62f733f4e5 completed March 14, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5b881c80081909af084ff4b43b01e completed March 14, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:03 p.m.