Triple

T12250917
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Faith of My Fathers E291967 entity
Predicate aboutPerson P2308 FINISHED
Object John S. McCain Jr.
John S. McCain Jr. was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command during the Vietnam War and was the father of Senator John McCain.
E180417 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: John S. McCain Jr. | Statement: [Faith of My Fathers, aboutPerson, John S. McCain Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John S. McCain Jr.
Context triple: [Faith of My Fathers, aboutPerson, John S. McCain Jr.]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. John S. McCain Sr.
    John S. McCain Sr. was a U.S. Navy admiral and World War II carrier task force commander who played a key role in Pacific theater operations.
  • D. James McCain
    James McCain is one of the children of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: John S. McCain Jr.
Triple: [Faith of My Fathers, aboutPerson, John S. McCain Jr.]
Generated description
John S. McCain Jr. was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command during the Vietnam War and was the father of Senator John McCain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John S. McCain Jr.
Target entity description: John S. McCain Jr. was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command during the Vietnam War and was the father of Senator John McCain.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. John S. McCain Sr. chosen
    John S. McCain Sr. was a U.S. Navy admiral and World War II carrier task force commander who played a key role in Pacific theater operations.
  • D. James McCain
    James McCain is one of the children of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above.

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_69f68e9fc934819089f68bcc823015da completed May 2, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f69277d3d88190abce800c01a8026c completed May 3, 2026, 12:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6938150608190a61206cefa3eca1e completed May 3, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.