Triple

T20169514
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir Malcolm Bruce E491919 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Ian Bruce
Ian Bruce is the son of British Liberal Democrat politician Sir Malcolm Bruce.
E1414459 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: Ian Bruce | Statement: [Sir Malcolm Bruce, child, Ian Bruce]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Bruce
Context triple: [Sir Malcolm Bruce, child, Ian Bruce]
  • A. Ian McLagan
    Ian McLagan was an English keyboardist best known as a member of the Small Faces and Faces and for his extensive session and touring work with major rock artists.
  • B. Ian Bairnson
    Ian Bairnson was a Scottish guitarist and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Pilot and The Alan Parsons Project, contributing to numerous classic rock and pop recordings.
  • C. Dougal MacKenzie
    Dougal MacKenzie is a fierce and politically shrewd Highland war chief and Jacobite supporter in the historical drama series "Outlander."
  • D. Ian Murray
    Ian Murray is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Edinburgh South constituency.
  • E. Duncan Paul
    Duncan Paul is one of the children of U.S. Senator Rand Paul and his wife Kelley Paul.
  • 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: Ian Bruce
Triple: [Sir Malcolm Bruce, child, Ian Bruce]
Generated description
Ian Bruce is the son of British Liberal Democrat politician Sir Malcolm Bruce.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Bruce
Target entity description: Ian Bruce is the son of British Liberal Democrat politician Sir Malcolm Bruce.
  • A. Ian McLagan
    Ian McLagan was an English keyboardist best known as a member of the Small Faces and Faces and for his extensive session and touring work with major rock artists.
  • B. Ian Bairnson
    Ian Bairnson was a Scottish guitarist and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Pilot and The Alan Parsons Project, contributing to numerous classic rock and pop recordings.
  • C. Dougal MacKenzie
    Dougal MacKenzie is a fierce and politically shrewd Highland war chief and Jacobite supporter in the historical drama series "Outlander."
  • D. Ian Murray
    Ian Murray is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Edinburgh South constituency.
  • E. Duncan Paul
    Duncan Paul is one of the children of U.S. Senator Rand Paul and his wife Kelley Paul.
  • 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_69da6266c6888190bc1a3ecf24814d34 completed April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66846f4ec81908b0dc6a6e0ec27dd completed April 20, 2026, 5:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a083482950c8190aff6eb232ebbdd79 completed May 16, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08354678488190a04794496edc4333 completed May 16, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08360def9c8190b8a2d48814ee13c8 completed May 16, 2026, 9:17 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:35 p.m.