Triple

T14267038
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clan MacLaren E353672 entity
Predicate associatedFamilyName P4276 FINISHED
Object MacLaurin
MacLaurin is a Scottish surname historically linked to Clan MacLaren and borne by members and descendants of that Highland clan.
 E1090304 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: MacLaurin | Statement: [Clan MacLaren, associatedFamilyName, MacLaurin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacLaurin
Context triple: [Clan MacLaren, associatedFamilyName, MacLaurin]
  • A. Aitken
    Aitken is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, a prominent Canadian-British newspaper magnate and politician.
  • B. Aitken
    Aitken is a large lunar impact crater on the Moon, best known as part of the immense South Pole–Aitken Basin on the Moon’s far side.
  • C. McAlpine
    McAlpine is a major British construction and civil engineering company founded by Sir Robert McAlpine, known for its role in building prominent infrastructure and landmark projects across the UK.
  • D. Stewart-Murray
    Stewart-Murray is a Scottish noble family name associated with the Dukes of Atholl and the broader Clan Murray lineage.
  • E. Macaulay
    Macaulay is a Scottish-origin surname best known from the 19th-century British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay.
  • 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: MacLaurin
Triple: [Clan MacLaren, associatedFamilyName, MacLaurin]
Generated description
MacLaurin is a Scottish surname historically linked to Clan MacLaren and borne by members and descendants of that Highland clan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacLaurin
Target entity description: MacLaurin is a Scottish surname historically linked to Clan MacLaren and borne by members and descendants of that Highland clan.
  • A. Aitken
    Aitken is a large lunar impact crater on the Moon, best known as part of the immense South Pole–Aitken Basin on the Moon’s far side.
  • B. Aitken
    Aitken is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, a prominent Canadian-British newspaper magnate and politician.
  • C. McAlpine
    McAlpine is a major British construction and civil engineering company founded by Sir Robert McAlpine, known for its role in building prominent infrastructure and landmark projects across the UK.
  • D. Stewart-Murray
    Stewart-Murray is a Scottish noble family name associated with the Dukes of Atholl and the broader Clan Murray lineage.
  • E. Macaulay
    Macaulay is a Scottish-origin surname best known from the 19th-century British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay.
  • 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_69d8278d25148190abf1a8c8f5f533ad completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de6358c2288190ac1fd26e688a605d completed April 14, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd326551b08190ae8fe220a6422339 completed May 8, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd3417e8e88190b099bfe4ba30f364 completed May 8, 2026, 12:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd37df3dfc8190a594abb2c14e11bb completed May 8, 2026, 1:09 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:09 a.m.