Triple

T1129863
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joseph McCarthy E23003 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McCarthy
McCarthy is a surname most famously associated with U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose aggressive anti-communist pursuits in the 1950s led to the term "McCarthyism."
E23003 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: McCarthy | Statement: [Joseph McCarthy, familyName, McCarthy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCarthy
Context triple: [Joseph McCarthy, familyName, McCarthy]
  • A. Joseph McCarthy
    Joseph McCarthy was a U.S. senator from Wisconsin best known for leading aggressive anti-communist investigations in the early 1950s that fueled a climate of political fear and repression.
  • B. Harry Burns
    Harry Burns is the witty, neurotic male lead in the romantic comedy film "When Harry Met Sally...".
  • C. Franklin McCain
    Franklin McCain was a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped launch the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
  • D. Reid
    Reid is a common Scottish and Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
  • E. Michael Maddox
    Michael Maddox was an English theatrical entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Russian theatre in the late 18th century, notably helping establish what became the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
  • 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: McCarthy
Triple: [Joseph McCarthy, familyName, McCarthy]
Generated description
McCarthy is a surname most famously associated with U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose aggressive anti-communist pursuits in the 1950s led to the term "McCarthyism."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCarthy
Target entity description: McCarthy is a surname most famously associated with U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose aggressive anti-communist pursuits in the 1950s led to the term "McCarthyism."
  • A. Joseph McCarthy chosen
    Joseph McCarthy was a U.S. senator from Wisconsin best known for leading aggressive anti-communist investigations in the early 1950s that fueled a climate of political fear and repression.
  • B. Harry Burns
    Harry Burns is the witty, neurotic male lead in the romantic comedy film "When Harry Met Sally...".
  • C. Franklin McCain
    Franklin McCain was a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped launch the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
  • D. Reid
    Reid is a common Scottish and Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
  • E. Michael Maddox
    Michael Maddox was an English theatrical entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Russian theatre in the late 18th century, notably helping establish what became the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a493ec75988190b63a11bafaec29b4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bbf979108190adad7073c8275dd2 completed March 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac5ead716c81908bf7c6531cbff7f1 completed March 7, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5f2f566c8190a5630cee9c77e231 completed March 7, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5fc6b6748190837a640623411eea completed March 7, 2026, 5:26 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.