Triple
T6709853
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | River Douglas |
E153107
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Douglas (from Brittonic "duboglassio" meaning "black stream")
Douglas is a Brittonic-origin name meaning “black stream,” historically used for rivers and later adopted as a prominent Scottish surname and given name.
|
E878
|
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: Douglas (from Brittonic "duboglassio" meaning "black stream") | Statement: [River Douglas, namedAfter, Douglas (from Brittonic "duboglassio" meaning "black stream")]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas (from Brittonic "duboglassio" meaning "black stream") Context triple: [River Douglas, namedAfter, Douglas (from Brittonic "duboglassio" meaning "black stream")]
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A.
Douglas (surname)
Douglas (surname) is a Scottish family name of Gaelic origin historically associated with a powerful Lowland clan and widely borne in English-speaking countries.
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B.
derived from Scottish Gaelic "An Srath Mòr" meaning "the great valley"
Strathmore is a broad, fertile valley region in eastern Scotland known for its rich agricultural land and historic settlements.
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C.
“Brac” from Gaelic for “bluff” or “cliff”
“Brac” is a Gaelic-derived term meaning “bluff” or “cliff,” reflecting the island’s prominent limestone escarpment.
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D.
Black Douglases
The Black Douglases were a powerful and often rebellious late medieval branch of the Scottish Douglas family, prominent in politics, warfare, and conflicts with the Crown.
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E.
Douglas, South Lanarkshire
Douglas, South Lanarkshire is a historic village in Scotland that served as the ancestral seat of the powerful Douglas family, one of the most influential noble lineages in Scottish history.
- 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: Douglas (from Brittonic "duboglassio" meaning "black stream") Triple: [River Douglas, namedAfter, Douglas (from Brittonic "duboglassio" meaning "black stream")]
Generated description
Douglas is a Brittonic-origin name meaning “black stream,” historically used for rivers and later adopted as a prominent Scottish surname and given name.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas (from Brittonic "duboglassio" meaning "black stream") Target entity description: Douglas is a Brittonic-origin name meaning “black stream,” historically used for rivers and later adopted as a prominent Scottish surname and given name.
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A.
Douglas (surname)
chosen
Douglas (surname) is a Scottish family name of Gaelic origin historically associated with a powerful Lowland clan and widely borne in English-speaking countries.
-
B.
derived from Scottish Gaelic "An Srath Mòr" meaning "the great valley"
Strathmore is a broad, fertile valley region in eastern Scotland known for its rich agricultural land and historic settlements.
-
C.
“Brac” from Gaelic for “bluff” or “cliff”
“Brac” is a Gaelic-derived term meaning “bluff” or “cliff,” reflecting the island’s prominent limestone escarpment.
-
D.
Black Douglases
The Black Douglases were a powerful and often rebellious late medieval branch of the Scottish Douglas family, prominent in politics, warfare, and conflicts with the Crown.
-
E.
Douglas, South Lanarkshire
Douglas, South Lanarkshire is a historic village in Scotland that served as the ancestral seat of the powerful Douglas family, one of the most influential noble lineages in Scottish history.
- 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_69c68808d8d8819087369015270788fe |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d105b49c8190932246a727e2c513 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c700906a9c81908a121db4291195d8 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:11 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c701db4eb081908db6dd22fbfb28d1 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7026529ec81909479b826efb5eb54 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:06 p.m.