Triple

T879003
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earl of Douglas E18984 entity
Predicate notableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose conflict with King James II led to his murder and the downfall of the Black Douglas family.
E149727 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: James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas | Statement: [Earl of Douglas, notableHolder, James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
Context triple: [Earl of Douglas, notableHolder, James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas]
  • A. William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
    William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose influence and conflicts with the crown played a major role in late medieval Scottish politics.
  • B. Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
    Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a major role in the turbulent politics and warfare of late medieval Scotland.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas
    Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader renowned for his fierce reputation and key role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
Triple: [Earl of Douglas, notableHolder, James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas]
Generated description
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose conflict with King James II led to his murder and the downfall of the Black Douglas family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
Target entity description: James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and magnate whose conflict with King James II led to his murder and the downfall of the Black Douglas family.
  • A. William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
    William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman whose influence and conflicts with the crown played a major role in late medieval Scottish politics.
  • B. Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
    Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who played a major role in the turbulent politics and warfare of late medieval Scotland.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas
    Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas, was a powerful 14th-century Scottish noble and military leader renowned for his fierce reputation and key role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69acbad10ae48190af7dcaa8dfff30ec completed March 7, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acbb3ebf4c8190bebb55ac052cd6e3 completed March 7, 2026, 11:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acbbc2729c819091e7d683b73baaf7 completed March 7, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.