Triple
T12250778
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cindy McCain |
E291964
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
McCain
McCain is a prominent American surname most widely associated with the political family of the late Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy McCain.
|
E980772
|
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: McCain | Statement: [Cindy McCain, familyName, McCain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCain Context triple: [Cindy McCain, familyName, McCain]
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A.
John McCain
John McCain was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Arizona and Vietnam War veteran who became his party’s nominee for president in 2008.
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B.
James McCain
James McCain is one of the children of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
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C.
John Sidney McCain IV
John Sidney McCain IV is the son of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, known primarily as a member of the prominent McCain political family.
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D.
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Massachusetts and was the Republican Party’s nominee for president in the 2012 election.
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E.
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson was an early 20th-century American playwright and librettist known for his work on Broadway musical comedies.
- 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: McCain Triple: [Cindy McCain, familyName, McCain]
Generated description
McCain is a prominent American surname most widely associated with the political family of the late Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy McCain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCain Target entity description: McCain is a prominent American surname most widely associated with the political family of the late Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy McCain.
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A.
John McCain
John McCain was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Arizona and Vietnam War veteran who became his party’s nominee for president in 2008.
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B.
James McCain
James McCain is one of the children of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
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C.
John Sidney McCain IV
John Sidney McCain IV is the son of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, known primarily as a member of the prominent McCain political family.
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D.
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Massachusetts and was the Republican Party’s nominee for president in the 2012 election.
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E.
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson was an early 20th-century American playwright and librettist known for his work on Broadway musical comedies.
- 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_69d6ab67950c8190be08450a06228c4b |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d91cc6983c81909bf479d15879a357 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6346016848190ba864a3d46280c5a |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f635f094e48190be7d86d1236058dc |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f636d727a08190882eec3fd664b64d |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:39 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.