Triple

T1062728
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Babes in Arms E22942 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Douglas McPhail
Douglas McPhail was an American singer and actor active in the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for his musical film roles at MGM.
E220687 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: Douglas McPhail | Statement: [Babes in Arms, castMember, Douglas McPhail]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas McPhail
Context triple: [Babes in Arms, castMember, Douglas McPhail]
  • A. Graeme Gibson
    Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
  • B. Alan McMichael
    Alan McMichael is a key protagonist in the gothic romance horror film "Crimson Peak," portrayed as a loyal and principled young man who becomes entangled in the dark secrets surrounding the Sharpe family.
  • C. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • D. Fergus McMaster
    Fergus McMaster was an Australian businessman best known as a co-founder and early chairman of Qantas, helping to establish it as a pioneering national airline.
  • E. Bob MacKinnon
    Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
  • 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: Douglas McPhail
Triple: [Babes in Arms, castMember, Douglas McPhail]
Generated description
Douglas McPhail was an American singer and actor active in the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for his musical film roles at MGM.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas McPhail
Target entity description: Douglas McPhail was an American singer and actor active in the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for his musical film roles at MGM.
  • A. Graeme Gibson
    Graeme Gibson was a Canadian novelist, environmentalist, and cultural advocate known for his contributions to Canadian literature and his long partnership with writer Margaret Atwood.
  • B. Alan McMichael
    Alan McMichael is a key protagonist in the gothic romance horror film "Crimson Peak," portrayed as a loyal and principled young man who becomes entangled in the dark secrets surrounding the Sharpe family.
  • C. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • D. Fergus McMaster
    Fergus McMaster was an Australian businessman best known as a co-founder and early chairman of Qantas, helping to establish it as a pioneering national airline.
  • E. Bob MacKinnon
    Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
  • 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_69a493dada0481909c43649f9843ea91 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b8f68a54819084326d87c3498252 completed March 1, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfb7eeda88190bdedb28497fbd81e completed March 8, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc09ee3081909d0ab8577ca65b6d completed March 8, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd3ecb7881909a6692bb58211c2e completed March 8, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.