Triple

T12008634
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frank Frink E285848 entity
Predicate startsBusiness P21206 FINISHED
Object Ed McCarthy
Ed McCarthy is a character in Philip K. Dick’s novel "The Man in the High Castle," known as the business partner of Frank Frink in an alternate-history America under Axis control.
E960435 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: Ed McCarthy | Statement: [Frank Frink, startsBusiness, Ed McCarthy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed McCarthy
Context triple: [Frank Frink, startsBusiness, Ed McCarthy]
  • A. Frank X. McNamara
    Frank X. McNamara was an American businessman credited with pioneering the modern credit card industry as the creator of the first general-purpose charge card.
  • B. Hugh McQuillan
    Hugh McQuillan was an American Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his role with the New York Giants in the early 1920s.
  • C. Frank Galvin
    Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck, alcoholic Boston lawyer who seeks redemption by pursuing a challenging medical malpractice case in the film "The Verdict."
  • D. John E. Keane
    John E. Keane is a composer best known for his work on film and television scores, including the adaptation of "Wives and Daughters."
  • E. John McAuliffe
    John McAuliffe is a notable individual who shares the surname McAuliffe, which is associated with several prominent figures across fields such as the military, politics, and the arts.
  • 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: Ed McCarthy
Triple: [Frank Frink, startsBusiness, Ed McCarthy]
Generated description
Ed McCarthy is a character in Philip K. Dick’s novel "The Man in the High Castle," known as the business partner of Frank Frink in an alternate-history America under Axis control.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed McCarthy
Target entity description: Ed McCarthy is a character in Philip K. Dick’s novel "The Man in the High Castle," known as the business partner of Frank Frink in an alternate-history America under Axis control.
  • A. Frank X. McNamara
    Frank X. McNamara was an American businessman credited with pioneering the modern credit card industry as the creator of the first general-purpose charge card.
  • B. Hugh McQuillan
    Hugh McQuillan was an American Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his role with the New York Giants in the early 1920s.
  • C. Frank Galvin
    Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck, alcoholic Boston lawyer who seeks redemption by pursuing a challenging medical malpractice case in the film "The Verdict."
  • D. John E. Keane
    John E. Keane is a composer best known for his work on film and television scores, including the adaptation of "Wives and Daughters."
  • E. John McAuliffe
    John McAuliffe is a notable individual who shares the surname McAuliffe, which is associated with several prominent figures across fields such as the military, politics, and the arts.
  • 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_69d6ab45a368819084fce08bf0dc3705 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903d61a4c81909e6cb6500b61df94 completed April 10, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f48b1570208190a08c64e028f67d81 completed May 1, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f48fc6da4c81908442f18cb4a65b27 completed May 1, 2026, 11:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f495cc50908190aab4f8ca64c66ef3 completed May 1, 2026, noon
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.