Triple

T10015359
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ben Esler E199477 entity
Predicate portrayed P1668 FINISHED
Object Sean McGinnes
Sean McGinnes is a fictional character from the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as an ambitious Irish immigrant involved in the business and political intrigues surrounding the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
 E846364 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Sean McGinnes | Statement: [Ben Esler, portrayed, Sean McGinnes]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sean McGinnes
Context triple: [Ben Esler, portrayed, Sean McGinnes]
  • A. Sean McKittrick
    Sean McKittrick is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed and genre-defining films such as "BlacKkKlansman," "Get Out," and "Donnie Darko."
  • B. Kevin McLaughlin
    Kevin McLaughlin is a literary scholar and translator known for his English translation of Walter Benjamin’s "The Arcades Project."
  • C. Sean McNamara
    Sean McNamara is an American film and television director and producer known for family-oriented and inspirational movies such as "Soul Surfer."
  • D. Sean Kilpatrick
    Sean Kilpatrick is an American professional basketball player known for his scoring ability as a guard in the NBA and overseas leagues.
  • E. Sean McNulty
    Sean McNulty is a minor character in the television series "The Wire," known primarily as one of detective Jimmy McNulty's sons.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sean McGinnes
Target entity description: Sean McGinnes is a fictional character from the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as an ambitious Irish immigrant involved in the business and political intrigues surrounding the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
  • A. Sean McKittrick
    Sean McKittrick is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed and genre-defining films such as "BlacKkKlansman," "Get Out," and "Donnie Darko."
  • B. Kevin McLaughlin
    Kevin McLaughlin is a literary scholar and translator known for his English translation of Walter Benjamin’s "The Arcades Project."
  • C. Sean McNamara
    Sean McNamara is an American film and television director and producer known for family-oriented and inspirational movies such as "Soul Surfer."
  • D. Sean Kilpatrick
    Sean Kilpatrick is an American professional basketball player known for his scoring ability as a guard in the NBA and overseas leagues.
  • E. Sean McNulty
    Sean McNulty is a minor character in the television series "The Wire," known primarily as one of detective Jimmy McNulty's sons.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Sean McGinnes
Triple: [Ben Esler, portrayed, Sean McGinnes]
Generated description
Sean McGinnes is a fictional character from the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as an ambitious Irish immigrant involved in the business and political intrigues surrounding the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca8315a1a08190ab310f25620f362b elicitation completed
NER batch_69cdcd4ad3348190bae03cd37c787674 ner completed
NED1 batch_69d3172a7d108190895dad463e7e5423 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69d319114ad88190b0475058df0d5e66 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69d318beb6ec8190942a900277c45739 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:52 p.m.