Triple

T11855690
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alec McCowen E282034 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McCowen
McCowen is a surname most notably associated with the English actor Alec McCowen.
E949053 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: McCowen | Statement: [Alec McCowen, familyName, McCowen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCowen
Context triple: [Alec McCowen, familyName, McCowen]
  • A. Cowan
    Cowan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
  • B. Cowens
    Cowens is the surname of Dave Cowens, a Hall of Fame American basketball player best known for his career with the Boston Celtics.
  • C. McCully
    McCully is a neighborhood in urban Honolulu, Hawaii, known for its mix of residential buildings, small businesses, and proximity to Waikiki and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
  • D. McCauley
    McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • E. Cohon
    Cohon is the family surname of American actor, author, and narrator Peter Coyote, born Peter Cohon.
  • 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: McCowen
Triple: [Alec McCowen, familyName, McCowen]
Generated description
McCowen is a surname most notably associated with the English actor Alec McCowen.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCowen
Target entity description: McCowen is a surname most notably associated with the English actor Alec McCowen.
  • A. Cowan
    Cowan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
  • B. Cowens
    Cowens is the surname of Dave Cowens, a Hall of Fame American basketball player best known for his career with the Boston Celtics.
  • C. McCully
    McCully is a neighborhood in urban Honolulu, Hawaii, known for its mix of residential buildings, small businesses, and proximity to Waikiki and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
  • D. McCauley
    McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • E. Cohon
    Cohon is the family surname of American actor, author, and narrator Peter Coyote, born Peter Cohon.
  • 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_69d6ab287ba48190a5178779fd19b9b7 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a697f4108190af984932d2118472 completed April 10, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f167d9b9e8819093582637941fc5ca completed April 29, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f17006e6108190b51b20ddf6d2368c completed April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f17819af5c8190a98db3cd8eff8da2 completed April 29, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:43 p.m.