Triple

T10588887
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cambridge Spies E249928 entity
Predicate portrays P264 FINISHED
Object Donald Maclean
Donald Maclean was a British diplomat who became infamous as a member of the Cambridge spy ring that passed Western secrets to the Soviet Union during the early Cold War.
 E872127 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: Donald Maclean | Statement: [Cambridge Spies, portrays, Donald Maclean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Maclean
Context triple: [Cambridge Spies, portrays, Donald Maclean]
  • A. Donald MacLean
    Donald MacLean is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward best known for his prolific scoring in the minor leagues and brief stints in the NHL.
  • B. Michael LeMoyne Kennedy
    Michael LeMoyne Kennedy was an American lawyer, businessman, and member of the Kennedy political family who was the sixth child of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy.
  • C. Lyndon Lea
    Lyndon Lea is a British private equity investor best known as the co-founder of Lion Capital, a firm focused on consumer brands.
  • D. John Bruce
    John Bruce was the short-lived son and heir of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, and his queen consort Elizabeth de Burgh.
  • E. Lyndon Smith
    Lyndon Smith is an American actress best known for her television roles in series such as "Parenthood" and "Public Morals."
  • 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: Donald Maclean
Triple: [Cambridge Spies, portrays, Donald Maclean]
Generated description
Donald Maclean was a British diplomat who became infamous as a member of the Cambridge spy ring that passed Western secrets to the Soviet Union during the early Cold War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald Maclean
Target entity description: Donald Maclean was a British diplomat who became infamous as a member of the Cambridge spy ring that passed Western secrets to the Soviet Union during the early Cold War.
  • A. Donald MacLean
    Donald MacLean is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward best known for his prolific scoring in the minor leagues and brief stints in the NHL.
  • B. Michael LeMoyne Kennedy
    Michael LeMoyne Kennedy was an American lawyer, businessman, and member of the Kennedy political family who was the sixth child of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy.
  • C. Lyndon Lea
    Lyndon Lea is a British private equity investor best known as the co-founder of Lion Capital, a firm focused on consumer brands.
  • D. John Bruce
    John Bruce was the short-lived son and heir of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, and his queen consort Elizabeth de Burgh.
  • E. Lyndon Smith
    Lyndon Smith is an American actress best known for her television roles in series such as "Parenthood" and "Public Morals."
  • 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_69d381c9d3d48190a29ee491e1696a0e completed April 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d527793c588190bfe3a5261eb7f919 completed April 7, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d94b9440548190bff01847a940266b completed April 10, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d94ca13550819085b7824d8b5131e7 completed April 10, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d9518517608190b5036694b83f5f58 completed April 10, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:40 p.m.