Triple

T20328677
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Duncan, British Columbia E492408 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William Chalmers Duncan
William Chalmers Duncan was an early settler and prominent figure in British Columbia after whom the community of Duncan was named.
E1427750 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: William Chalmers Duncan | Statement: [Duncan, British Columbia, namedAfter, William Chalmers Duncan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Chalmers Duncan
Context triple: [Duncan, British Columbia, namedAfter, William Chalmers Duncan]
  • A. Robert Dundas Duncan
    Robert Dundas Duncan was the son of British Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, and a member of the British aristocracy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • B. William John Cunningham
    William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
  • C. Archibald Mark Chisholm
    Archibald Mark Chisholm was a prominent figure after whom the city of Chisholm, Minnesota, was named, likely due to his influence in the region’s early development.
  • D. William Hutchison
    William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
  • E. Charles Maclaren
    Charles Maclaren was a 19th-century Scottish journalist and editor best known as a co-founder and long-time editor of the influential newspaper The Scotsman.
  • 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: William Chalmers Duncan
Triple: [Duncan, British Columbia, namedAfter, William Chalmers Duncan]
Generated description
William Chalmers Duncan was an early settler and prominent figure in British Columbia after whom the community of Duncan was named.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Chalmers Duncan
Target entity description: William Chalmers Duncan was an early settler and prominent figure in British Columbia after whom the community of Duncan was named.
  • A. Robert Dundas Duncan
    Robert Dundas Duncan was the son of British Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, and a member of the British aristocracy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • B. William John Cunningham
    William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
  • C. Archibald Mark Chisholm
    Archibald Mark Chisholm was a prominent figure after whom the city of Chisholm, Minnesota, was named, likely due to his influence in the region’s early development.
  • D. William Hutchison
    William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
  • E. Charles Maclaren
    Charles Maclaren was a 19th-century Scottish journalist and editor best known as a co-founder and long-time editor of the influential newspaper The Scotsman.
  • 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_69e0b4a0134081909113563e1c3ba68a completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e677e637e48190b5582e97fe1000c0 completed April 20, 2026, 7 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a087608cf4081908ae5c7b9a21e69af completed May 16, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0877441fc88190a6308238638eb6d3 completed May 16, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0877eba3f88190a8e3752a1299404e completed May 16, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:22 a.m.