Triple

T18294895
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gordon McLennan E438204 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McLennan
McLennan is a Scottish surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, academia, and the arts.
 E1319547 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: McLennan | Statement: [Gordon McLennan, familyName, McLennan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McLennan
Context triple: [Gordon McLennan, familyName, McLennan]
  • A. McKechnie
    McKechnie is the Scottish-origin surname of American stage and film actress Florence Eldridge.
  • B. MacEwan
    MacEwan is a variant spelling of the Scottish surname McEwan, commonly associated with Scottish heritage and lineage.
  • C. Kinnaird
    Kinnaird is a historic Scottish estate and locality traditionally associated with the Carnegie family and the title of Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird.
  • D. Crossfield
    Crossfield is a surname most notably associated with Scott Crossfield, a pioneering American test pilot and aeronautical engineer.
  • E. MacKenzie
    MacKenzie is the first name of MacKenzie Scott, the American novelist and philanthropist known for her large-scale charitable giving.
  • 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: McLennan
Triple: [Gordon McLennan, familyName, McLennan]
Generated description
McLennan is a Scottish surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, academia, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McLennan
Target entity description: McLennan is a Scottish surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, academia, and the arts.
  • A. McKechnie
    McKechnie is the Scottish-origin surname of American stage and film actress Florence Eldridge.
  • B. MacEwan
    MacEwan is a variant spelling of the Scottish surname McEwan, commonly associated with Scottish heritage and lineage.
  • C. Kinnaird
    Kinnaird is a historic Scottish estate and locality traditionally associated with the Carnegie family and the title of Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird.
  • D. Crossfield
    Crossfield is a surname most notably associated with Scott Crossfield, a pioneering American test pilot and aeronautical engineer.
  • E. MacKenzie
    MacKenzie is the first name of MacKenzie Scott, the American novelist and philanthropist known for her large-scale charitable giving.
  • 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_69d8b915e3e881909125d760c15d0c29 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5017783748190905ce4eeadd25841 completed April 19, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03cc1617708190a1c6afbc4ade11a2 completed May 13, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03cd1858c481909f78fb1a4c27437c completed May 13, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03ce9e3dd08190b912fe9e9f552053 completed May 13, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.