Triple

T878997
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earl of Douglas E18984 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Black Douglas branch
The Black Douglas branch was a powerful and often feared medieval Scottish noble lineage of the Douglas family, noted for its military prowess and major role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
E115668 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: Black Douglas branch | Statement: [Earl of Douglas, associatedWith, Black Douglas branch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Douglas branch
Context triple: [Earl of Douglas, associatedWith, Black Douglas branch]
  • A. Highland Main Line
    The Highland Main Line is a scenic railway route in Scotland that connects the Central Belt to the Highlands, passing through notable destinations such as Perth, Aviemore, and Inverness.
  • B. Shotts Line
    The Shotts Line is a railway route in Scotland that connects Glasgow and Edinburgh via Shotts, serving towns and communities across North Lanarkshire and West Lothian.
  • C. Stirling–Alloa–Kincardine line
    The Stirling–Alloa–Kincardine line is a reopened railway route in central Scotland that provides passenger and freight connections between Stirling, Alloa, and the Firth of Forth area.
  • D. Cumbernauld Line
    The Cumbernauld Line is a suburban railway route in central Scotland that connects the town of Cumbernauld with Glasgow and forms part of the regional commuter rail network.
  • E. Calder Valley line
    The Calder Valley line is a key railway route in Northern England that connects major West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester towns via the Calder Valley, serving both commuter and regional traffic.
  • 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: Black Douglas branch
Triple: [Earl of Douglas, associatedWith, Black Douglas branch]
Generated description
The Black Douglas branch was a powerful and often feared medieval Scottish noble lineage of the Douglas family, noted for its military prowess and major role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Douglas branch
Target entity description: The Black Douglas branch was a powerful and often feared medieval Scottish noble lineage of the Douglas family, noted for its military prowess and major role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • A. Highland Main Line
    The Highland Main Line is a scenic railway route in Scotland that connects the Central Belt to the Highlands, passing through notable destinations such as Perth, Aviemore, and Inverness.
  • B. Shotts Line
    The Shotts Line is a railway route in Scotland that connects Glasgow and Edinburgh via Shotts, serving towns and communities across North Lanarkshire and West Lothian.
  • C. Stirling–Alloa–Kincardine line
    The Stirling–Alloa–Kincardine line is a reopened railway route in central Scotland that provides passenger and freight connections between Stirling, Alloa, and the Firth of Forth area.
  • D. Cumbernauld Line
    The Cumbernauld Line is a suburban railway route in central Scotland that connects the town of Cumbernauld with Glasgow and forms part of the regional commuter rail network.
  • E. Calder Valley line
    The Calder Valley line is a key railway route in Northern England that connects major West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester towns via the Calder Valley, serving both commuter and regional traffic.
  • 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_69a4938db1f081909bcd1ad2713b6096 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4acb1dc20819095b9bb093158b60d completed March 1, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac1cd167188190aa05992376553550 completed March 7, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac1d724cc081908296855b3caa5a5f completed March 7, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac1e04dc6c8190bcf9c4ffacc78aef completed March 7, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.