Triple

T19763661
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pacific Fur Company E474694 entity
Predicate employed P7 FINISHED
Object Donald McKenzie
Donald McKenzie was a Scottish-Canadian fur trader and explorer who became a prominent partner and leader in early 19th-century North American fur trade enterprises.
 E1393954 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: Donald McKenzie | Statement: [Pacific Fur Company, employed, Donald McKenzie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald McKenzie
Context triple: [Pacific Fur Company, employed, Donald McKenzie]
  • A. Dougal MacKenzie
    Dougal MacKenzie is a fierce and politically shrewd Highland war chief and Jacobite supporter in the historical drama series "Outlander."
  • B. Don MacMillan
    Don MacMillan was a Canadian middle-distance runner known for his competitive performances in the 1950s, including appearances in high-profile mile races.
  • C. Donald MacRae
    Donald MacRae is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the MacRae surname.
  • D. Donald MacDonald
    Donald MacDonald was a Loyalist officer who led Scottish Highlander forces against Patriot militia in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
  • E. Donald MacDonald
    Donald MacDonald is best known as the founder of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, one of the most prominent Scottish cultural festivals in the United States.
  • 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: Donald McKenzie
Triple: [Pacific Fur Company, employed, Donald McKenzie]
Generated description
Donald McKenzie was a Scottish-Canadian fur trader and explorer who became a prominent partner and leader in early 19th-century North American fur trade enterprises.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald McKenzie
Target entity description: Donald McKenzie was a Scottish-Canadian fur trader and explorer who became a prominent partner and leader in early 19th-century North American fur trade enterprises.
  • A. Dougal MacKenzie
    Dougal MacKenzie is a fierce and politically shrewd Highland war chief and Jacobite supporter in the historical drama series "Outlander."
  • B. Don MacMillan
    Don MacMillan was a Canadian middle-distance runner known for his competitive performances in the 1950s, including appearances in high-profile mile races.
  • C. Donald MacRae
    Donald MacRae is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the MacRae surname.
  • D. Donald MacDonald
    Donald MacDonald was a Loyalist officer who led Scottish Highlander forces against Patriot militia in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
  • E. Donald MacDonald
    Donald MacDonald is best known as the founder of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, one of the most prominent Scottish cultural festivals in the United States.
  • 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_69d8e51a43a08190956bc6df13c91a77 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e65321a35c819084556118ad4ef1ee completed April 20, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07bd6e35248190a53efc6f2c4eda89 completed May 16, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07be323d8c819091566255921e4d4d completed May 16, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07bef941a08190bd4b1958afe199fa completed May 16, 2026, 12:48 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.