Triple

T18517273
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hugh MacLennan E452497 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object MacLennan
MacLennan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including Canadian novelist and academic Hugh MacLennan.
 E1328898 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: MacLennan | Statement: [Hugh MacLennan, familyName, MacLennan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacLennan
Context triple: [Hugh MacLennan, familyName, MacLennan]
  • A. Maclean
    Maclean is a riverside town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known for its strong Scottish heritage and annual Highland Gathering.
  • B. MacLean
    MacLean is a Scottish surname most famously associated with bestselling thriller and adventure novelist Alistair MacLean.
  • C. Stewart MacLennan
    Stewart MacLennan is a Scottish music promoter best known for co-founding and helping develop the Tiree Music Festival into a prominent island music event.
  • D. McLachlan
    McLachlan is a Scottish surname associated with Clan MacLachlan, a Highland clan of Argyll with ancient Gaelic roots.
  • E. MacLea
    MacLea is a Scottish surname closely associated with the clan name Livingstone and its historical variants.
  • 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: MacLennan
Triple: [Hugh MacLennan, familyName, MacLennan]
Generated description
MacLennan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including Canadian novelist and academic Hugh MacLennan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacLennan
Target entity description: MacLennan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including Canadian novelist and academic Hugh MacLennan.
  • A. Maclean
    Maclean is a riverside town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known for its strong Scottish heritage and annual Highland Gathering.
  • B. MacLean
    MacLean is a Scottish surname most famously associated with bestselling thriller and adventure novelist Alistair MacLean.
  • C. Stewart MacLennan
    Stewart MacLennan is a Scottish music promoter best known for co-founding and helping develop the Tiree Music Festival into a prominent island music event.
  • D. McLachlan
    McLachlan is a Scottish surname associated with Clan MacLachlan, a Highland clan of Argyll with ancient Gaelic roots.
  • E. MacLea
    MacLea is a Scottish surname closely associated with the clan name Livingstone and its historical variants.
  • 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_69d8d386df84819092355ebb260d848e completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5338b2cd0819095db59f6bfc70814 completed April 19, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a04916c1cb88190889ad7d1c1dc4279 completed May 13, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a04921b1a508190b8bb6d6c4597ab99 completed May 13, 2026, 3 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0492ba4ea08190b59510b221ad5d21 completed May 13, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:36 a.m.