Triple

T850383
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Aberdeen E18371 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object William Elphinstone
William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
E138879 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: William Elphinstone | Statement: [University of Aberdeen, founder, William Elphinstone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Elphinstone
Context triple: [University of Aberdeen, founder, William Elphinstone]
  • A. John Erskine, Earl of Mar
    John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
  • B. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
  • C. John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl
    John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, was an 18th-century Scottish peer and politician known for his role in British public life and as a prominent member of the influential Murray family.
  • D. James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
    James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
  • E. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
  • 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: William Elphinstone
Triple: [University of Aberdeen, founder, William Elphinstone]
Generated description
William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Elphinstone
Target entity description: William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop, statesman, and humanist scholar of the late 15th century who played a key role in the development of higher education in Scotland.
  • A. John Erskine, Earl of Mar
    John Erskine, Earl of Mar, was a prominent Scottish nobleman and politician best known for initiating and commanding the Jacobite rising of 1715 in an effort to restore the Stuart monarchy.
  • B. William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas
    William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, was a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and head of the powerful Douglas family, influential in the politics and aristocracy of Scotland.
  • C. John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl
    John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, was an 18th-century Scottish peer and politician known for his role in British public life and as a prominent member of the influential Murray family.
  • D. James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas
    James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and peer whose death without direct heirs led to the famous Douglas Cause inheritance dispute.
  • E. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
    James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was a powerful 16th-century Scottish nobleman who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King James VI and played a central role in the turbulent politics following Mary, Queen of Scots’ abdication.
  • 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_69a4938b04208190b82e1df6b572c548 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ac215194819099e6bc1b5df58fb3 completed March 1, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac82f25c088190ae32593e6edbb8d0 completed March 7, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac83c99fe481909b62ba635c4bc98c completed March 7, 2026, 8 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac843a0bdc819099ee4ae275ef5669 completed March 7, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.