Triple

T12441422
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Niven E297279 entity
Predicate hasVariant P455 FINISHED
Object McNiven
McNiven is a surname of likely Scottish or Irish origin, often considered a variant of the name Niven.
 E984348 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: McNiven | Statement: [Niven, hasVariant, McNiven]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McNiven
Context triple: [Niven, hasVariant, McNiven]
  • A. Gwynne
    Gwynne is a surname of Welsh origin borne by various notable individuals, including actors, writers, and public figures.
  • B. Goddard
    Goddard is a surname most famously associated with Robert H. Goddard, the American physicist and engineer regarded as the father of modern rocketry.
  • C. Goddard
    Goddard is Jimmy Neutron’s loyal robotic dog companion from the animated franchise "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius."
  • D. Cassin
    Cassin is a French surname most notably borne by René Cassin, a Nobel Peace Prize–winning jurist and co-author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  • E. McKay
    McKay is a surname most notably associated with Claude McKay, a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance and influential Jamaican-American writer and poet.
  • 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: McNiven
Triple: [Niven, hasVariant, McNiven]
Generated description
McNiven is a surname of likely Scottish or Irish origin, often considered a variant of the name Niven.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McNiven
Target entity description: McNiven is a surname of likely Scottish or Irish origin, often considered a variant of the name Niven.
  • A. Gwynne
    Gwynne is a surname of Welsh origin borne by various notable individuals, including actors, writers, and public figures.
  • B. Goddard
    Goddard is a surname most famously associated with Robert H. Goddard, the American physicist and engineer regarded as the father of modern rocketry.
  • C. Goddard
    Goddard is Jimmy Neutron’s loyal robotic dog companion from the animated franchise "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius."
  • D. Cassin
    Cassin is a French surname most notably borne by René Cassin, a Nobel Peace Prize–winning jurist and co-author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  • E. McKay
    McKay is a surname most notably associated with Claude McKay, a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance and influential Jamaican-American writer and poet.
  • 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_69d6ada166c48190b902972cd2408fa3 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94d8ecb6c8190a19cbf9de31cabbd completed April 10, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63f0ea1e48190a11cf94797290156 completed May 2, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64010a1348190afaf7b95b8f146b5 completed May 2, 2026, 6:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f640c33d948190ad8f9885f90786d7 completed May 2, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m.