Triple

T4418050
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MacDougall E95024 entity
Predicate notableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Patrick Leonard MacDougall
Patrick Leonard MacDougall was a 19th-century British Army officer and military writer known for his contributions to military theory and education.
E437055 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: Patrick Leonard MacDougall | Statement: [MacDougall, notableBearer, Patrick Leonard MacDougall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Leonard MacDougall
Context triple: [MacDougall, notableBearer, Patrick Leonard MacDougall]
  • A. Keith Lockhart
    Keith Lockhart is an American conductor best known for his long tenure leading the Boston Pops Orchestra and his frequent appearances on nationally televised concerts.
  • B. Glen Ballard
    Glen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette’s landmark album "Jagged Little Pill" and working with artists such as Michael Jackson and Aerosmith.
  • C. F. David Mathews
    F. David Mathews is an American academic and former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare who served in President Gerald Ford’s administration.
  • D. Bill Eyre
    Bill Eyre was an early British aviation figure best known as a co-founder of the Hawker Aircraft company, a major producer of military aircraft in the 20th century.
  • E. Bill Eyre
    Bill Eyre is an individual whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly documented in widely available sources.
  • 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: Patrick Leonard MacDougall
Triple: [MacDougall, notableBearer, Patrick Leonard MacDougall]
Generated description
Patrick Leonard MacDougall was a 19th-century British Army officer and military writer known for his contributions to military theory and education.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Leonard MacDougall
Target entity description: Patrick Leonard MacDougall was a 19th-century British Army officer and military writer known for his contributions to military theory and education.
  • A. Keith Lockhart
    Keith Lockhart is an American conductor best known for his long tenure leading the Boston Pops Orchestra and his frequent appearances on nationally televised concerts.
  • B. Glen Ballard
    Glen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette’s landmark album "Jagged Little Pill" and working with artists such as Michael Jackson and Aerosmith.
  • C. F. David Mathews
    F. David Mathews is an American academic and former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare who served in President Gerald Ford’s administration.
  • D. Bill Eyre
    Bill Eyre was an early British aviation figure best known as a co-founder of the Hawker Aircraft company, a major producer of military aircraft in the 20th century.
  • E. Bill Eyre
    Bill Eyre is an individual whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly documented in widely available sources.
  • 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_69b3453a36908190b95a79a297ca083c completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3551d5d7481908528c2de0a6fda06 completed March 13, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f61fa6d88190b98810b542835817 completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f68a994c8190a5b524a4db16b097 completed March 15, 2026, midnight
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5f6ece3b08190b880743e9fe4dbad completed March 15, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:29 p.m.