Triple

T5128628
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alastair Fothergill E115641 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Alastair
Alastair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
 E466578 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 | Statement: [Alastair Fothergill, givenName, Alastair]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alastair
Context triple: [Alastair Fothergill, givenName, Alastair]
  • A. Alistair
    Alistair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • B. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • C. Iain
    Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
  • D. Finlay
    Finlay was a notable philhellene, remembered for his significant support of and involvement with the Greek cause.
  • E. Graeme
    Graeme is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • 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
Triple: [Alastair Fothergill, givenName, Alastair]
Generated description
Alastair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alastair
Target entity description: Alastair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • A. Alistair chosen
    Alistair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • B. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • C. Iain
    Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
  • D. Finlay
    Finlay was a notable philhellene, remembered for his significant support of and involvement with the Greek cause.
  • E. Graeme
    Graeme is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • F. None of above.

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_69bd444426bc819099ccd23f141e22aa completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7825facc8190b2a6c17216290b5c completed March 20, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bec4c23d5c8190883a297254d9c80d completed March 21, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bec6620aac8190a820190e7facd70a completed March 21, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bec70062f48190baae277e6f8c5c4e completed March 21, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:42 p.m.