Triple

T19890856
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merchiston Tower E478025 entity
Predicate ownedByFamily P31062 FINISHED
Object Napier family
The Napier family is a historic Scottish noble lineage best known for producing the mathematician John Napier, inventor of logarithms, and for its long-standing association with the Merchiston estate.
 E1400154 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: Napier family | Statement: [Merchiston Tower, ownedByFamily, Napier family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Napier family
Context triple: [Merchiston Tower, ownedByFamily, Napier family]
  • A. Nairne family
    The Nairne family is a Scottish noble lineage best known for holding the title of Baron Nairne and its historical ties to the Jacobite cause.
  • B. Stirling family
    The Stirling family is a prominent Scottish lineage historically associated with estates such as Drumpellier House in Lanarkshire and noted for its influence in regional landowning and public life.
  • C. Baillie family
    The Baillie family was a prominent Scottish landowning lineage historically associated with the Polkemmet estate in West Lothian.
  • D. Macaulay family
    The Macaulay family is a namesake family recognized for its association with the Macaulay Library, a prominent archive of wildlife sounds and media.
  • E. Nisbet family
    The Nisbet family was a prominent Scottish noble lineage associated with East Lothian, known for its ownership of estates such as Dirleton Castle.
  • 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: Napier family
Triple: [Merchiston Tower, ownedByFamily, Napier family]
Generated description
The Napier family is a historic Scottish noble lineage best known for producing the mathematician John Napier, inventor of logarithms, and for its long-standing association with the Merchiston estate.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Napier family
Target entity description: The Napier family is a historic Scottish noble lineage best known for producing the mathematician John Napier, inventor of logarithms, and for its long-standing association with the Merchiston estate.
  • A. Nairne family
    The Nairne family is a Scottish noble lineage best known for holding the title of Baron Nairne and its historical ties to the Jacobite cause.
  • B. Stirling family
    The Stirling family is a prominent Scottish lineage historically associated with estates such as Drumpellier House in Lanarkshire and noted for its influence in regional landowning and public life.
  • C. Baillie family
    The Baillie family was a prominent Scottish landowning lineage historically associated with the Polkemmet estate in West Lothian.
  • D. Macaulay family
    The Macaulay family is a namesake family recognized for its association with the Macaulay Library, a prominent archive of wildlife sounds and media.
  • E. Nisbet family
    The Nisbet family was a prominent Scottish noble lineage associated with East Lothian, known for its ownership of estates such as Dirleton Castle.
  • 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_69d8e51f32b08190b3687f4f60353250 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6590e02388190ab82918750cc2647 completed April 20, 2026, 4:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07dbd3ac148190ba0067cacdf0f5d2 completed May 16, 2026, 2:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07dccbcf788190bb03f396478b77f1 completed May 16, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07dd7f02d48190955d3b13a95b9c7e completed May 16, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:52 p.m.