Triple

T12401784
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cordelia Scaife May E296272 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Alan Magee Scaife
Alan Magee Scaife was a prominent American industrialist and philanthropist associated with the Mellon family fortune and major charitable endeavors in Pittsburgh.
E981333 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: Alan Magee Scaife | Statement: [Cordelia Scaife May, father, Alan Magee Scaife]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Magee Scaife
Context triple: [Cordelia Scaife May, father, Alan Magee Scaife]
  • A. Edward Scaife
    Edward Scaife was a British cinematographer known for his work on major mid-20th-century films, particularly war and adventure movies.
  • B. John Murray Forbes
    John Murray Forbes was a prominent 19th-century American railroad magnate, investor, and abolitionist who played a key role in the development of the U.S. railroad system and supported anti-slavery causes.
  • C. William McDermott
    William McDermott is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including various professionals and public figures, rather than referring to a single widely recognized person.
  • D. Robert Bennett Forbes
    Robert Bennett Forbes was a 19th-century American sea captain, China trade merchant, and philanthropist known for his influential role in maritime commerce and humanitarian efforts.
  • E. George Jay Gould
    George Jay Gould was an American financier and railroad executive who expanded and managed parts of his father Jay Gould’s vast railroad empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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: Alan Magee Scaife
Triple: [Cordelia Scaife May, father, Alan Magee Scaife]
Generated description
Alan Magee Scaife was a prominent American industrialist and philanthropist associated with the Mellon family fortune and major charitable endeavors in Pittsburgh.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Magee Scaife
Target entity description: Alan Magee Scaife was a prominent American industrialist and philanthropist associated with the Mellon family fortune and major charitable endeavors in Pittsburgh.
  • A. Edward Scaife
    Edward Scaife was a British cinematographer known for his work on major mid-20th-century films, particularly war and adventure movies.
  • B. John Murray Forbes
    John Murray Forbes was a prominent 19th-century American railroad magnate, investor, and abolitionist who played a key role in the development of the U.S. railroad system and supported anti-slavery causes.
  • C. William McDermott
    William McDermott is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including various professionals and public figures, rather than referring to a single widely recognized person.
  • D. Robert Bennett Forbes
    Robert Bennett Forbes was a 19th-century American sea captain, China trade merchant, and philanthropist known for his influential role in maritime commerce and humanitarian efforts.
  • E. George Jay Gould
    George Jay Gould was an American financier and railroad executive who expanded and managed parts of his father Jay Gould’s vast railroad empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69d6ad9f464c81909db36d7e96e34b9e completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94d477004819095e65ef6f70c69d9 completed April 10, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63484c6808190a71d24f8ee3a7e15 completed May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f63675dbb08190b2711d1d58ffea9b completed May 2, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6375cc6908190922825013e0b4000 completed May 2, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m.