Triple

T7781816
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lindsay Duncan E221537 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Duncan
Duncan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
 E693322 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: Duncan | Statement: [Lindsay Duncan, familyName, Duncan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Duncan
Context triple: [Lindsay Duncan, familyName, Duncan]
  • A. Duncan
    Duncan is a character in Margaret Atwood's novel "The Edible Woman," serving as an eccentric and introspective figure who reflects the protagonist's psychological turmoil.
  • B. Duncan
    Duncan is a small city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, known for its many totem poles and rich Indigenous heritage.
  • C. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • D. Richard MacDuff
    Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams's novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a somewhat hapless but intelligent software engineer entangled in the story's bizarre, time-twisting mysteries.
  • E. Iain
    Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
  • 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: Duncan
Triple: [Lindsay Duncan, familyName, Duncan]
Generated description
Duncan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Duncan
Target entity description: Duncan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
  • A. Duncan
    Duncan is a character in Margaret Atwood's novel "The Edible Woman," serving as an eccentric and introspective figure who reflects the protagonist's psychological turmoil.
  • B. Duncan
    Duncan is a small city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, known for its many totem poles and rich Indigenous heritage.
  • C. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • D. Richard MacDuff
    Richard MacDuff is a central character in Douglas Adams's novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," portrayed as a somewhat hapless but intelligent software engineer entangled in the story's bizarre, time-twisting mysteries.
  • E. Iain
    Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
  • 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_69ca83ebbef881909ac47f789145fef7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cadf1dcc6c8190b3c6ee4ff7808e02 completed March 30, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69caf5d30c748190bbb71534cfdf4f75 completed March 30, 2026, 10:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69caf81ebde881909bd131da8987b449 completed March 30, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cafa013f348190a2067dee4a0c8c40 completed March 30, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:21 p.m.