Triple

T22217514
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Asteroxylon mackiei E549113 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William Mackie
William Mackie was a Scottish geologist noted for his work on Devonian fossil plants, including discoveries that led to species such as Asteroxylon mackiei being named in his honor.
 E1529947 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 Mackie | Statement: [Asteroxylon mackiei, namedAfter, William Mackie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Mackie
Context triple: [Asteroxylon mackiei, namedAfter, William Mackie]
  • A. Ian McLean
    Ian McLean was a British actor known for his character roles in early 20th-century films and stage productions.
  • B. Robert MacRae
    Robert MacRae is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the MacRae surname.
  • C. David Macpherson
    David Macpherson is a television writer and creator best known for creating the British supernatural thriller series "The Rig."
  • D. David McFadzean
    David McFadzean is a television producer and writer best known as a co-creator of the hit sitcom "Home Improvement" and for his work on various American TV comedies.
  • E. Ian MacNeil
    Ian MacNeil is the son of Canadian-American journalist and former PBS NewsHour co-anchor Robert MacNeil.
  • 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 Mackie
Triple: [Asteroxylon mackiei, namedAfter, William Mackie]
Generated description
William Mackie was a Scottish geologist noted for his work on Devonian fossil plants, including discoveries that led to species such as Asteroxylon mackiei being named in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Mackie
Target entity description: William Mackie was a Scottish geologist noted for his work on Devonian fossil plants, including discoveries that led to species such as Asteroxylon mackiei being named in his honor.
  • A. Ian McLean
    Ian McLean was a British actor known for his character roles in early 20th-century films and stage productions.
  • B. Robert MacRae
    Robert MacRae is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the MacRae surname.
  • C. David Macpherson
    David Macpherson is a television writer and creator best known for creating the British supernatural thriller series "The Rig."
  • D. David McFadzean
    David McFadzean is a television producer and writer best known as a co-creator of the hit sitcom "Home Improvement" and for his work on various American TV comedies.
  • E. Ian MacNeil
    Ian MacNeil is the son of Canadian-American journalist and former PBS NewsHour co-anchor Robert MacNeil.
  • 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_69e11e3f7e04819089806d81d5ac431e completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12b8ddb448190a45f0418d813afd0 completed April 28, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0acc84572c81908346039d47f7765c completed May 18, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0acd37d53c819084b82cfe0649a262 completed May 18, 2026, 8:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ace029b74819086a545100e8a8f8a completed May 18, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:37 p.m.