Triple

T449968
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clan Douglas E7104 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
E63579 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 Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas | Statement: [Clan Douglas, notableMember, William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
Context triple: [Clan Douglas, notableMember, William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas]
  • A. Earl of Douglas
    The Earl of Douglas was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title held by the influential Douglas family, who played a central role in the politics and warfare of Scotland.
  • B. Lord Linlithgow
    Lord Linlithgow was a British statesman and colonial administrator best known for serving as Viceroy of India during the critical years leading up to and including much of the Second World War.
  • C. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
  • D. Marquess of Huntly
    The Marquess of Huntly is a historic Scottish noble title long associated with the powerful Gordon family and the region of Aberdeenshire.
  • E. Earl of Menteith
    The Earl of Menteith was a Scottish noble title associated with a historic earldom in the central Highlands, often held by prominent members of the Stewart dynasty.
  • 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 Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
Triple: [Clan Douglas, notableMember, William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas]
Generated description
William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
Target entity description: William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
  • A. Earl of Douglas
    The Earl of Douglas was a powerful medieval Scottish noble title held by the influential Douglas family, who played a central role in the politics and warfare of Scotland.
  • B. Lord Linlithgow
    Lord Linlithgow was a British statesman and colonial administrator best known for serving as Viceroy of India during the critical years leading up to and including much of the Second World War.
  • C. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
  • D. Marquess of Huntly
    The Marquess of Huntly is a historic Scottish noble title long associated with the powerful Gordon family and the region of Aberdeenshire.
  • E. Earl of Menteith
    The Earl of Menteith was a Scottish noble title associated with a historic earldom in the central Highlands, often held by prominent members of the Stewart dynasty.
  • 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_69a2e7e4676c81909ea0dbdecac0687c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ef691cc8819091729eaac52c9457 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a49eb65d548190899347f23ccee2e5 completed March 1, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a49f166fa8819095b83ad59a3c92be completed March 1, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a49fcd6d448190a40af17c0a113aed completed March 1, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.