Triple

T8675375
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Kincaid E205899 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Kincaid
Kincaid is a Scottish-origin surname historically associated with families from the area near Glasgow, often linked to Clan Kincaid.
 E456687 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: Kincaid | Statement: [William Kincaid, familyName, Kincaid]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kincaid
Context triple: [William Kincaid, familyName, Kincaid]
  • A. Considine
    Considine is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as politics, entertainment, and sports.
  • B. Wylie
    Wylie is a suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area in northeastern Texas.
  • C. Kinkaid
    Kinkaid is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including military figures and public officials.
  • D. Whigham
    Whigham is a surname most notably associated with American actor Shea Whigham, known for his character roles in film and television.
  • E. Cleghorn
    Cleghorn is a residential neighborhood within the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
  • 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: Kincaid
Triple: [William Kincaid, familyName, Kincaid]
Generated description
Kincaid is a Scottish-origin surname historically associated with families from the area near Glasgow, often linked to Clan Kincaid.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kincaid
Target entity description: Kincaid is a Scottish-origin surname historically associated with families from the area near Glasgow, often linked to Clan Kincaid.
  • A. Considine
    Considine is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as politics, entertainment, and sports.
  • B. Wylie
    Wylie is a suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area in northeastern Texas.
  • C. Kinkaid chosen
    Kinkaid is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including military figures and public officials.
  • D. Whigham
    Whigham is a surname most notably associated with American actor Shea Whigham, known for his character roles in film and television.
  • E. Cleghorn
    Cleghorn is a residential neighborhood within the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
  • 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_69ca83529a9c8190b5c075b4f14636ed completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc49f54dfc8190b7a61e7ed1cfcbeb completed March 31, 2026, 10:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cef3960ce881908f07fb9fdafcd550 completed April 2, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cef4ce80488190be5dfa7f28d0aa59 completed April 2, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cef6a6b6d4819089b3dc327a05b759 completed April 2, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:32 p.m.