Triple

T5245201
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ardbeg distillery E118441 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object John Macdougall
John Macdougall was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Ardbeg whisky distillery on the island of Islay.
 E520061 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: John Macdougall | Statement: [Ardbeg distillery, founder, John Macdougall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Macdougall
Context triple: [Ardbeg distillery, founder, John Macdougall]
  • A. John MacDougall
    John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
  • B. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • C. Allan MacDougall
    Allan MacDougall is a notable individual recognized for bearing the MacDougall surname.
  • D. Charles MacDonald
    Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
  • E. Donald MacDonald
    Donald MacDonald was a Loyalist officer who led Scottish Highlander forces against Patriot militia in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
  • 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: John Macdougall
Triple: [Ardbeg distillery, founder, John Macdougall]
Generated description
John Macdougall was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Ardbeg whisky distillery on the island of Islay.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Macdougall
Target entity description: John Macdougall was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Ardbeg whisky distillery on the island of Islay.
  • A. John MacDougall
    John MacDougall was a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing a constituency including Glenrothes.
  • B. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • C. Allan MacDougall
    Allan MacDougall is a notable individual recognized for bearing the MacDougall surname.
  • D. Charles MacDonald
    Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
  • E. Donald MacDonald
    Donald MacDonald was a Loyalist officer who led Scottish Highlander forces against Patriot militia in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
  • 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_69bd4468aacc8190a8196f71855cdf4f completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7b4fa0ec8190bce3da09aa768726 completed March 20, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf41130abc8190832b2332cd19f86a completed March 22, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf41ad1a9c81908a4e8b90b99ff6bd completed March 22, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf423ce620819086baa5933d7695dd completed March 22, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:49 p.m.