Triple

T11559274
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Southern California Sun E274093 entity
Predicate notablePlayer P304 FINISHED
Object James McAlister
James McAlister was an American running back best known for his standout college career at UCLA and subsequent professional play in both the NFL and the World Football League.
E973759 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: James McAlister | Statement: [Southern California Sun, notablePlayer, James McAlister]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James McAlister
Context triple: [Southern California Sun, notablePlayer, James McAlister]
  • A. James McAlister
    James McAlister is an American drummer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work in indie and experimental music, including frequent collaborations with artists like Sufjan Stevens.
  • B. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • C. Hugh McDevitt
    Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
  • D. Roy McFarland
    Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
  • E. Donald McPherson
    Donald McPherson was an American soul singer best known as the original lead vocalist of the R&B group The Main Ingredient before his untimely death in 1971.
  • 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: James McAlister
Triple: [Southern California Sun, notablePlayer, James McAlister]
Generated description
James McAlister was an American running back best known for his standout college career at UCLA and subsequent professional play in both the NFL and the World Football League.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James McAlister
Target entity description: James McAlister was an American running back best known for his standout college career at UCLA and subsequent professional play in both the NFL and the World Football League.
  • A. James McAlister
    James McAlister is an American drummer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work in indie and experimental music, including frequent collaborations with artists like Sufjan Stevens.
  • B. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • C. Hugh McDevitt
    Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
  • D. Roy McFarland
    Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
  • E. Donald McPherson
    Donald McPherson was an American soul singer best known as the original lead vocalist of the R&B group The Main Ingredient before his untimely death in 1971.
  • 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_69d6aae4dfa48190a3ab0b19a159a3c5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d88a899d4481909a3bce3147763b51 completed April 10, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e3185fc81908c1b838e6883de2f completed May 2, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f5b107c819082094791fcf7c5f4 completed May 2, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62006afcc8190b8e3b55a5fd8eaca completed May 2, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:37 p.m.