Triple

T12185219
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Asimov’s Science Fiction E290315 entity
Predicate formerEditor P18307 FINISHED
Object Shawna McCarthy
Shawna McCarthy is an American editor and anthologist best known for her influential work in science fiction publishing, including editing major magazines and award-winning collections.
 E977537 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: Shawna McCarthy | Statement: [Asimov’s Science Fiction, formerEditor, Shawna McCarthy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shawna McCarthy
Context triple: [Asimov’s Science Fiction, formerEditor, Shawna McCarthy]
  • A. Shawna Waldron
    Shawna Waldron is an American actress best known for her early roles in films such as "The American President" and the family sports comedy "Little Giants."
  • B. Dawn McCarthy
    Dawn McCarthy is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as the creative force behind the experimental folk project Faun Fables.
  • C. Shannon McIntosh
    Shannon McIntosh is an American film producer known for her frequent collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, including work on major films such as "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
  • D. Nicole Shanahan
    Nicole Shanahan is an American attorney, legal tech entrepreneur, and philanthropist known for founding the patent management company ClearAccessIP and for her high-profile marriage to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
  • E. Sharona Fleming
    Sharona Fleming is a fictional nurse and assertive personal assistant to detective Adrian Monk on the television series "Monk."
  • 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: Shawna McCarthy
Triple: [Asimov’s Science Fiction, formerEditor, Shawna McCarthy]
Generated description
Shawna McCarthy is an American editor and anthologist best known for her influential work in science fiction publishing, including editing major magazines and award-winning collections.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shawna McCarthy
Target entity description: Shawna McCarthy is an American editor and anthologist best known for her influential work in science fiction publishing, including editing major magazines and award-winning collections.
  • A. Shawna Waldron
    Shawna Waldron is an American actress best known for her early roles in films such as "The American President" and the family sports comedy "Little Giants."
  • B. Dawn McCarthy
    Dawn McCarthy is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as the creative force behind the experimental folk project Faun Fables.
  • C. Shannon McIntosh
    Shannon McIntosh is an American film producer known for her frequent collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, including work on major films such as "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
  • D. Nicole Shanahan
    Nicole Shanahan is an American attorney, legal tech entrepreneur, and philanthropist known for founding the patent management company ClearAccessIP and for her high-profile marriage to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
  • E. Sharona Fleming
    Sharona Fleming is a fictional nurse and assertive personal assistant to detective Adrian Monk on the television series "Monk."
  • 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_69d6ab64de5881908d56eb7a75c6cc69 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915ffe644819085f4eb64802fe349 completed April 10, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62a88b3b08190aef789b1965bbe80 completed May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62c54e6b08190bdae0ec35cc1c48d completed May 2, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62d0c2568819083e66c8ae484d30d completed May 2, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.