Triple

T11262012
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lesley J. McNair E266584 entity
Predicate hasRelative P367 FINISHED
Object Douglas McNair
Douglas McNair is a member of the McNair family, known primarily as a relative of U.S. Army General Lesley J. McNair.
E930345 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 McNair | Statement: [Lesley J. McNair, hasRelative, Douglas McNair]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas McNair
Context triple: [Lesley J. McNair, hasRelative, Douglas McNair]
  • A. Donald MacBride
    Donald MacBride was an American character actor known for his gruff, comedic portrayals in numerous stage and Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Robert Lister MacNeil
    Robert Lister MacNeil was a 20th-century Scottish-American clan chief and preservationist best known for reviving the historic Clan MacNeil seat on the Isle of Barra and promoting Scottish heritage.
  • C. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • D. Allan MacEachen
    Allan MacEachen was a prominent Canadian Liberal politician and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping Canada's domestic and foreign policy in the late 20th century.
  • E. John Brodie
    John Brodie was a British civil engineer best known for his major infrastructure projects in Liverpool, including pioneering road tunnels and urban planning innovations.
  • 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 McNair
Triple: [Lesley J. McNair, hasRelative, Douglas McNair]
Generated description
Douglas McNair is a member of the McNair family, known primarily as a relative of U.S. Army General Lesley J. McNair.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas McNair
Target entity description: Douglas McNair is a member of the McNair family, known primarily as a relative of U.S. Army General Lesley J. McNair.
  • A. Donald MacBride
    Donald MacBride was an American character actor known for his gruff, comedic portrayals in numerous stage and Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • B. Robert Lister MacNeil
    Robert Lister MacNeil was a 20th-century Scottish-American clan chief and preservationist best known for reviving the historic Clan MacNeil seat on the Isle of Barra and promoting Scottish heritage.
  • C. Richard Macdonald
    Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
  • D. Allan MacEachen
    Allan MacEachen was a prominent Canadian Liberal politician and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping Canada's domestic and foreign policy in the late 20th century.
  • E. John Brodie
    John Brodie was a British civil engineer best known for his major infrastructure projects in Liverpool, including pioneering road tunnels and urban planning innovations.
  • 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_69d6aac7953c8190b82caf9d7640fdf9 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e94c066c8190be1e032eb328e5fe completed April 9, 2026, 6 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e6241c42fc8190a8539406248a535c completed April 20, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e62aee8fb88190b5973c61e692087f completed April 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e67394e7f081908fcc602c84eb4a65 completed April 20, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.