Triple

T10037896
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McNair E205217 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John McNair
John McNair is a notable individual who bears the surname McNair, recognized for contributions significant enough to be distinctly associated with the name.
E837371 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: John McNair | Statement: [McNair, hasNotableBearer, John McNair]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McNair
Context triple: [McNair, hasNotableBearer, John McNair]
  • A. Herbert MacNair
    Herbert MacNair was a Scottish artist and designer closely linked to the Glasgow Style movement and the broader development of Art Nouveau in Britain.
  • B. John French
    John French was a British Army officer who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force during the early years of World War I.
  • C. James MacArthur
    James MacArthur was an American actor best known for his role as Detective Danny "Danno" Williams on the television series "Hawaii Five-O."
  • D. Thomas Barclay
    Thomas Barclay was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary and Bible translator who played a key role in the development and promotion of the Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien.
  • E. Reginald Gardiner
    Reginald Gardiner was a British-born actor and comedian known for his sophisticated comic roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • 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: John McNair
Triple: [McNair, hasNotableBearer, John McNair]
Generated description
John McNair is a notable individual who bears the surname McNair, recognized for contributions significant enough to be distinctly associated with the name.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John McNair
Target entity description: John McNair is a notable individual who bears the surname McNair, recognized for contributions significant enough to be distinctly associated with the name.
  • A. Herbert MacNair
    Herbert MacNair was a Scottish artist and designer closely linked to the Glasgow Style movement and the broader development of Art Nouveau in Britain.
  • B. John French
    John French was a British Army officer who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force during the early years of World War I.
  • C. James MacArthur
    James MacArthur was an American actor best known for his role as Detective Danny "Danno" Williams on the television series "Hawaii Five-O."
  • D. Thomas Barclay
    Thomas Barclay was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary and Bible translator who played a key role in the development and promotion of the Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien.
  • E. Reginald Gardiner
    Reginald Gardiner was a British-born actor and comedian known for his sophisticated comic roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • 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_69ca834f70e88190b2d74828b7767ec1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdcede428c8190ae115dc3425f9b0e completed April 2, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d282608d688190832c37442f53099a completed April 5, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2840bb2e881908a7e7a40229769e0 completed April 5, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2847c9bb881908a6330dfe2c2c1a4 completed April 5, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:55 p.m.