Triple

T10202654
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St. Ambrose University E238919 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object John McMullen
John McMullen was a 19th-century Catholic bishop and civic leader known for his role in establishing educational and religious institutions in the American Midwest.
 E850624 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 McMullen | Statement: [St. Ambrose University, founder, John McMullen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McMullen
Context triple: [St. Ambrose University, founder, John McMullen]
  • A. Mark McGann
    Mark McGann is an English actor and director known for his work in television, film, and theatre, and as one of the four acting McGann brothers.
  • B. Mike Flaherty
    Mike Flaherty is the fast-talking, politically savvy deputy mayor of New York City and central character played by Michael J. Fox on the sitcom "Spin City."
  • C. Joe Mullen
    Joe Mullen is a former American professional ice hockey right winger and Hall of Famer, renowned as one of the first U.S.-born stars in the NHL and a multiple Stanley Cup champion.
  • D. Richard Mullen
    Richard Mullen is an American record producer and engineer best known for his work on Stevie Ray Vaughan’s landmark blues-rock albums, including "Texas Flood."
  • E. Sean McDonough
    Sean McDonough is an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling Major League Baseball and college sports on national television.
  • 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 McMullen
Triple: [St. Ambrose University, founder, John McMullen]
Generated description
John McMullen was a 19th-century Catholic bishop and civic leader known for his role in establishing educational and religious institutions in the American Midwest.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McMullen
Target entity description: John McMullen was a 19th-century Catholic bishop and civic leader known for his role in establishing educational and religious institutions in the American Midwest.
  • A. Mark McGann
    Mark McGann is an English actor and director known for his work in television, film, and theatre, and as one of the four acting McGann brothers.
  • B. Mike Flaherty
    Mike Flaherty is the fast-talking, politically savvy deputy mayor of New York City and central character played by Michael J. Fox on the sitcom "Spin City."
  • C. Joe Mullen
    Joe Mullen is a former American professional ice hockey right winger and Hall of Famer, renowned as one of the first U.S.-born stars in the NHL and a multiple Stanley Cup champion.
  • D. Richard Mullen
    Richard Mullen is an American record producer and engineer best known for his work on Stevie Ray Vaughan’s landmark blues-rock albums, including "Texas Flood."
  • E. Sean McDonough
    Sean McDonough is an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling Major League Baseball and college sports on national television.
  • 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_69ca84e1ea088190b38162e43d4cfa8f completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdee4239c08190b40f5cc19c3db3c7 completed April 2, 2026, 4:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6a7e63c588190b239f8bdb13a3f3c completed April 8, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6d0003434819093e3f82a556db79c completed April 8, 2026, 10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6df3c8f748190923db41ef1a9a03a completed April 8, 2026, 11:05 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:14 p.m.