Triple

T8767256
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Bride of Lammermoor E208367 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Sir William Ashton
Sir William Ashton is a central character in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Bride of Lammermoor," depicted as an ambitious and politically calculating Scottish lawyer and laird whose decisions help drive the story’s tragic events.
E760574 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: Sir William Ashton | Statement: [The Bride of Lammermoor, mainCharacter, Sir William Ashton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir William Ashton
Context triple: [The Bride of Lammermoor, mainCharacter, Sir William Ashton]
  • A. Sir William Drysdale
    Sir William Drysdale was a notable bearer of the Drysdale surname, recognized for his prominence and distinction associated with the name.
  • B. Sir John Willison
    Sir John Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor known for his influential role in early 20th-century political and public affairs.
  • C. James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton
    James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton, was a wealthy English industrialist and philanthropist from Lancaster, best known for his fortune in the linoleum industry and for funding prominent local landmarks.
  • D. Sir William Fettes
    Sir William Fettes was a 19th-century Scottish merchant and philanthropist whose wealth and bequest led to the creation of the prestigious Fettes College in Edinburgh.
  • E. Sir William Martin
    Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
  • 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: Sir William Ashton
Triple: [The Bride of Lammermoor, mainCharacter, Sir William Ashton]
Generated description
Sir William Ashton is a central character in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Bride of Lammermoor," depicted as an ambitious and politically calculating Scottish lawyer and laird whose decisions help drive the story’s tragic events.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir William Ashton
Target entity description: Sir William Ashton is a central character in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Bride of Lammermoor," depicted as an ambitious and politically calculating Scottish lawyer and laird whose decisions help drive the story’s tragic events.
  • A. Sir William Drysdale
    Sir William Drysdale was a notable bearer of the Drysdale surname, recognized for his prominence and distinction associated with the name.
  • B. Sir John Willison
    Sir John Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor known for his influential role in early 20th-century political and public affairs.
  • C. James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton
    James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton, was a wealthy English industrialist and philanthropist from Lancaster, best known for his fortune in the linoleum industry and for funding prominent local landmarks.
  • D. Sir William Fettes
    Sir William Fettes was a 19th-century Scottish merchant and philanthropist whose wealth and bequest led to the creation of the prestigious Fettes College in Edinburgh.
  • E. Sir William Martin
    Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
  • 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_69ca835df7e08190ac875664cca8f9ca completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5eeae70c8190adc2bc2846da0fbf completed March 31, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf88f4d35c81908de1fd713a5b2008 completed April 3, 2026, 9:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf8a8c87dc81909d5c0d769341b17c completed April 3, 2026, 9:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf8b79a0b48190a29491f5f8f81217 completed April 3, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:41 p.m.