Triple

T8767993
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Legend of Montrose E208383 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object Dugald Dalgetty
Dugald Dalgetty is a comically self-important, mercenary soldier of fortune in Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel "A Legend of Montrose," known for his pedantry, pragmatism, and unwavering devotion to military discipline and personal advancement.
E759966 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: Dugald Dalgetty | Statement: [The Legend of Montrose, notableCharacter, Dugald Dalgetty]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dugald Dalgetty
Context triple: [The Legend of Montrose, notableCharacter, Dugald Dalgetty]
  • A. Ranald MacDougall
    Ranald MacDougall was an American screenwriter and director known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films such as "Mildred Pierce" and "The Naked Jungle."
  • B. Roderick MacLeod
    Roderick MacLeod is a Scottish surname bearer known from various historical and contemporary figures, often associated with the Highland clan MacLeod.
  • C. Malcolm MacLeod
    Malcolm MacLeod was a Scottish crofter from the Isle of Lewis and the father of Mary Anne MacLeod, who later became the mother of Donald Trump.
  • D. Angus Sutherland
    Angus Sutherland is a Canadian actor and producer, known both for his work in film and television and as a member of the Sutherland acting family.
  • E. Thomas Pringle
    Thomas Pringle is a Scottish-born poet, writer, and abolitionist often regarded as the "father of South African poetry" for his influential early 19th-century literary and anti-slavery work.
  • 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: Dugald Dalgetty
Triple: [The Legend of Montrose, notableCharacter, Dugald Dalgetty]
Generated description
Dugald Dalgetty is a comically self-important, mercenary soldier of fortune in Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel "A Legend of Montrose," known for his pedantry, pragmatism, and unwavering devotion to military discipline and personal advancement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dugald Dalgetty
Target entity description: Dugald Dalgetty is a comically self-important, mercenary soldier of fortune in Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel "A Legend of Montrose," known for his pedantry, pragmatism, and unwavering devotion to military discipline and personal advancement.
  • A. Ranald MacDougall
    Ranald MacDougall was an American screenwriter and director known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films such as "Mildred Pierce" and "The Naked Jungle."
  • B. Roderick MacLeod
    Roderick MacLeod is a Scottish surname bearer known from various historical and contemporary figures, often associated with the Highland clan MacLeod.
  • C. Malcolm MacLeod
    Malcolm MacLeod was a Scottish crofter from the Isle of Lewis and the father of Mary Anne MacLeod, who later became the mother of Donald Trump.
  • D. Angus Sutherland
    Angus Sutherland is a Canadian actor and producer, known both for his work in film and television and as a member of the Sutherland acting family.
  • E. Thomas Pringle
    Thomas Pringle is a Scottish-born poet, writer, and abolitionist often regarded as the "father of South African poetry" for his influential early 19th-century literary and anti-slavery work.
  • 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_69ca835edb4481909b4aafb616dc5eb7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5eec49708190ba760d81a7974c50 completed March 31, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf6f1bf97c8190a158a38bd2babb83 completed April 3, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf73f277ec8190b5f7a13d984f5915 completed April 3, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf759f036c8190be11d62b26d95fbe completed April 3, 2026, 8:09 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:41 p.m.