Triple

T12495859
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McCollum E298680 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Allan McCollum
Allan McCollum is an American conceptual artist known for his large-scale, serial works that explore ideas of uniqueness, mass production, and the role of objects in culture.
E989979 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: Allan McCollum | Statement: [McCollum, hasNotableBearer, Allan McCollum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allan McCollum
Context triple: [McCollum, hasNotableBearer, Allan McCollum]
  • A. Tavares Strachan
    Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
  • B. Wade Guyton
    Wade Guyton is an American contemporary artist known for his digitally produced paintings and prints that often use inkjet printers to create abstract, minimalist works on canvas.
  • C. Mike Kelley
    Mike Kelley was an influential American contemporary artist known for his provocative multimedia works that explored memory, popular culture, and the darker undercurrents of American society.
  • D. Mike Kelley
    Mike Kelley is an American television writer and producer best known for creating the ABC drama series "Revenge."
  • E. Keith Sonnier
    Keith Sonnier was an American artist known for his pioneering use of neon and light in sculptural installations associated with Process Art and postminimalism.
  • 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: Allan McCollum
Triple: [McCollum, hasNotableBearer, Allan McCollum]
Generated description
Allan McCollum is an American conceptual artist known for his large-scale, serial works that explore ideas of uniqueness, mass production, and the role of objects in culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allan McCollum
Target entity description: Allan McCollum is an American conceptual artist known for his large-scale, serial works that explore ideas of uniqueness, mass production, and the role of objects in culture.
  • A. Tavares Strachan
    Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
  • B. Wade Guyton
    Wade Guyton is an American contemporary artist known for his digitally produced paintings and prints that often use inkjet printers to create abstract, minimalist works on canvas.
  • C. Mike Kelley
    Mike Kelley was an influential American contemporary artist known for his provocative multimedia works that explored memory, popular culture, and the darker undercurrents of American society.
  • D. Mike Kelley
    Mike Kelley is an American television writer and producer best known for creating the ABC drama series "Revenge."
  • E. Keith Sonnier
    Keith Sonnier was an American artist known for his pioneering use of neon and light in sculptural installations associated with Process Art and postminimalism.
  • 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_69d6ada4cd388190ae3bbf83ff87057a completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94df948308190ace333230a4a3b38 completed April 10, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f65570401c819084f9db2eff5fdf3e completed May 2, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6566dccc0819085e059c7b0288f6c completed May 2, 2026, 7:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f65799ca588190b9f7a07f5c1a842c completed May 2, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.