Triple
T5322647
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Sandfield Macdonald |
E121710
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Macdonald |
E301571
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Macdonald | Statement: [John Sandfield Macdonald, familyName, Macdonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macdonald Context triple: [John Sandfield Macdonald, familyName, Macdonald]
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A.
Maclean
Maclean is a riverside town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known for its strong Scottish heritage and annual Highland Gathering.
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B.
MacDonald
chosen
MacDonald is a common Scottish surname historically associated with the powerful Clan Donald and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, and public life.
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C.
William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie is a Canadian businessman best known as a co-founder of the global alternative asset management firm Brookfield Asset Management.
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D.
Lachlan McIntosh
Lachlan McIntosh was a Scottish-born American military and political leader who served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a prominent figure in early Georgia history.
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E.
Æneas MacKenzie
Æneas MacKenzie was a Scottish-born Hollywood screenwriter known for crafting grand historical and biblical epics, including contributing to the screenplay of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd463d956c819088105c3db802c017 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd8577ba3881909a28cbf744648256 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf18a836988190b7baf3c24fea6f03 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:59 p.m.