Triple

T5358573
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Douglas family E102763 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
E524939 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: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus | Statement: [Douglas family, notableMember, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
Context triple: [Douglas family, notableMember, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus]
  • A. George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus
    George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the Douglas family who played a key role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
  • B. Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus was a powerful late 15th- and early 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman, known for his dominant influence over King James V of Scotland and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Douglas family.
  • C. Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was a powerful Scottish nobleman and regent who dominated Scottish politics in the early 16th century and was the second husband of Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.
  • D. Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus was a powerful Scottish nobleman and statesman of the early 16th century, known for his dominance over the young King James V and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish court.
  • E. James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader, prominent in the Wars of Scottish Independence and a key figure of the influential Black Douglas family.
  • 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: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
Triple: [Douglas family, notableMember, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus]
Generated description
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
Target entity description: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a prominent late 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate who played a significant role in the politics of the Douglas family and the Scottish crown.
  • A. George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus
    George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and influential member of the Douglas family who played a key role in the turbulent politics of late medieval Scotland.
  • B. Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus was a powerful late 15th- and early 16th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman, known for his dominant influence over King James V of Scotland and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Douglas family.
  • C. Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was a powerful Scottish nobleman and regent who dominated Scottish politics in the early 16th century and was the second husband of Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII.
  • D. Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus
    Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus was a powerful Scottish nobleman and statesman of the early 16th century, known for his dominance over the young King James V and his central role in the turbulent politics of the Scottish court.
  • E. James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
    James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader, prominent in the Wars of Scottish Independence and a key figure of the influential Black Douglas family.
  • 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_69bd43d8f7248190b64c140734b5c9a8 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd8631ca2c8190856258bf340f6e5d completed March 20, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf8335f5a48190973622011df4c108 completed March 22, 2026, 5:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf83c14dac8190878c6929618a7905 completed March 22, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf8437ed0c8190a286489b0a34586a completed March 22, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:02 p.m.