Triple

T12189400

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Maxwell family	`E290421`	entity
Predicate	notableMember	`P10`	FINISHED
Object	William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, was a Scottish nobleman best known for his dramatic escape from the Tower of London in 1716, orchestrated by his wife to save him from execution after the Jacobite rising.	`E975491`	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: William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale | Statement: [Maxwell family, notableMember, William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale
Context triple: [Maxwell family, notableMember, William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale]

A. William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and powerful magnate of the Douglas family who played a significant role in the turbulent politics of the reign of James V of Scotland.
B. William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart
William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart, was a 17th-century Scottish courtier and close favorite of King Charles I who rose to prominence in the royal household and was later ennobled for his service.
C. William Cochrane, 7th Earl of Dundonald
William Cochrane, 7th Earl of Dundonald, was a Scottish nobleman of the Cochrane family who held a peerage title in the early 18th century.
D. William Cochrane, 5th Earl of Dundonald
William Cochrane, 5th Earl of Dundonald, was a Scottish nobleman of the Cochrane family who held a peerage in the Kingdom of Scotland during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
E. John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell
John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell, was a prominent Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his influential role in the turbulent politics and feuds of the Scottish Borders.
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: William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale
Triple: [Maxwell family, notableMember, William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale]

Generated description

William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, was a Scottish nobleman best known for his dramatic escape from the Tower of London in 1716, orchestrated by his wife to save him from execution after the Jacobite rising.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale
Target entity description: William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, was a Scottish nobleman best known for his dramatic escape from the Tower of London in 1716, orchestrated by his wife to save him from execution after the Jacobite rising.

A. William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and powerful magnate of the Douglas family who played a significant role in the turbulent politics of the reign of James V of Scotland.
B. William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart
William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart, was a 17th-century Scottish courtier and close favorite of King Charles I who rose to prominence in the royal household and was later ennobled for his service.
C. William Cochrane, 7th Earl of Dundonald
William Cochrane, 7th Earl of Dundonald, was a Scottish nobleman of the Cochrane family who held a peerage title in the early 18th century.
D. William Cochrane, 5th Earl of Dundonald
William Cochrane, 5th Earl of Dundonald, was a Scottish nobleman of the Cochrane family who held a peerage in the Kingdom of Scotland during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
E. John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell
John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell, was a prominent Scottish nobleman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his influential role in the turbulent politics and feuds of the Scottish Borders.
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_69d6ab64de5881908d56eb7a75c6cc69`	completed	April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d91c5102848190ad652c3d6445f65a`	completed	April 10, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69f61e5289608190bded58513316b1e5`	completed	May 2, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69f61f5b107c819082094791fcf7c5f4`	completed	May 2, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69f62009766c8190985fafe9ba53ae7b`	completed	May 2, 2026, 4:02 p.m.

Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.