Triple
T10454216
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Michael McCaul |
E246508
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
McCaul
McCaul is a surname most prominently associated with Michael McCaul, a U.S. Congressman from Texas and a leading Republican figure on national security and foreign affairs.
|
E863535
|
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: McCaul | Statement: [Michael McCaul, familyName, McCaul]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCaul Context triple: [Michael McCaul, familyName, McCaul]
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A.
Jack McConnell
Jack McConnell is a Scottish politician and former First Minister of Scotland who later served as Chancellor of the University of Stirling.
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B.
Joe Barton
Joe Barton is an American Republican politician who long served as a U.S. Representative from Texas in the House of Representatives.
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C.
Hugh Scott
Hugh Scott was a prominent Republican U.S. senator from Pennsylvania who served as Senate Minority Leader during the early 1970s, notably playing a key role in the political resolution of the Watergate scandal.
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D.
Malcolm McConnell
Malcolm McConnell is an American author and journalist best known for co-writing numerous military and war-related nonfiction books with prominent soldiers and veterans.
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E.
Douglas Carswell
Douglas Carswell is a British politician best known for being the first elected Member of Parliament for the UK Independence Party after defecting from the Conservative Party.
- 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: McCaul Triple: [Michael McCaul, familyName, McCaul]
Generated description
McCaul is a surname most prominently associated with Michael McCaul, a U.S. Congressman from Texas and a leading Republican figure on national security and foreign affairs.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCaul Target entity description: McCaul is a surname most prominently associated with Michael McCaul, a U.S. Congressman from Texas and a leading Republican figure on national security and foreign affairs.
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A.
Jack McConnell
Jack McConnell is a Scottish politician and former First Minister of Scotland who later served as Chancellor of the University of Stirling.
-
B.
Joe Barton
Joe Barton is an American Republican politician who long served as a U.S. Representative from Texas in the House of Representatives.
-
C.
Hugh Scott
Hugh Scott was a prominent Republican U.S. senator from Pennsylvania who served as Senate Minority Leader during the early 1970s, notably playing a key role in the political resolution of the Watergate scandal.
-
D.
Malcolm McConnell
Malcolm McConnell is an American author and journalist best known for co-writing numerous military and war-related nonfiction books with prominent soldiers and veterans.
-
E.
Douglas Carswell
Douglas Carswell is a British politician best known for being the first elected Member of Parliament for the UK Independence Party after defecting from the Conservative Party.
- 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_69d381c04fe08190957c26c526a3b05a |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4fe47fee48190b38ec0466ff0165a |
completed | April 7, 2026, 12:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d87f07c9f48190b0fce7740a2e003a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d886c562c081908aae846da8efb1a5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d88dce21448190b093b4f548e29f84 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:17 p.m.