Triple
T8163755
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Peter MacKay |
E190637
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFather |
P1908
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Elmer MacKay
Elmer MacKay is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and former Progressive Conservative politician who served as a federal cabinet minister and is the father of former Conservative leader Peter MacKay.
|
E715393
|
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: Elmer MacKay | Statement: [Peter MacKay, hasFather, Elmer MacKay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer MacKay Context triple: [Peter MacKay, hasFather, Elmer MacKay]
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A.
Glen MacPherson
Glen MacPherson is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on action and genre films in both Hollywood and international productions.
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B.
Don McKay
Don McKay is a Canadian poet renowned for his nature-focused, philosophically rich verse and significant influence on contemporary Canadian poetry.
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C.
Ralph Albert Blakelock
Ralph Albert Blakelock was a 19th-century American painter best known for his moody, atmospheric landscapes and moonlit scenes that made him a key figure in the Tonalist movement.
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D.
Jack MacDonald
Jack MacDonald was a Canadian communist activist and political organizer best known as a founding figure and early leader of the Communist Party of Canada.
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E.
Lewis Macdonald
Lewis Macdonald is a Scottish Labour politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament and held various ministerial and parliamentary roles.
- 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: Elmer MacKay Triple: [Peter MacKay, hasFather, Elmer MacKay]
Generated description
Elmer MacKay is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and former Progressive Conservative politician who served as a federal cabinet minister and is the father of former Conservative leader Peter MacKay.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer MacKay Target entity description: Elmer MacKay is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and former Progressive Conservative politician who served as a federal cabinet minister and is the father of former Conservative leader Peter MacKay.
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A.
Glen MacPherson
Glen MacPherson is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on action and genre films in both Hollywood and international productions.
-
B.
Don McKay
Don McKay is a Canadian poet renowned for his nature-focused, philosophically rich verse and significant influence on contemporary Canadian poetry.
-
C.
Ralph Albert Blakelock
Ralph Albert Blakelock was a 19th-century American painter best known for his moody, atmospheric landscapes and moonlit scenes that made him a key figure in the Tonalist movement.
-
D.
Jack MacDonald
Jack MacDonald was a Canadian communist activist and political organizer best known as a founding figure and early leader of the Communist Party of Canada.
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E.
Lewis Macdonald
Lewis Macdonald is a Scottish Labour politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament and held various ministerial and parliamentary roles.
- 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_69ca82c0ef14819083713f4473dd847c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb4557ebc88190b4e2cab258374d23 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ccbf3ed24c8190b4874e63fcaa50a9 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ccc24d568081908b3c94edd35f071c |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ccc394a5488190b48681f4781f1be6 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 7:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:38 p.m.