Triple

T1294097
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas McKean E27613 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McKean
McKean is a Scottish and Irish surname borne by various notable individuals, including American Founding Father Thomas McKean.
 E152696 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: McKean | Statement: [Thomas McKean, familyName, McKean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McKean
Context triple: [Thomas McKean, familyName, McKean]
  • A. Buckley
    Buckley is a surname most prominently associated with William F. Buckley Jr., the influential American conservative author and founder of National Review.
  • B. Chisholm
    Chisholm is a residential suburb located in the Maitland region of New South Wales, Australia.
  • C. Kilpatrick
    Kilpatrick is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, often considered a variant of Kirkpatrick, and borne by various notable figures in politics, the military, and the arts.
  • D. Reid
    Reid is a common Scottish and Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
  • E. Ervin
    Ervin is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, closely related to names like Erwin and Irvin.
  • 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: McKean
Triple: [Thomas McKean, familyName, McKean]
Generated description
McKean is a Scottish and Irish surname borne by various notable individuals, including American Founding Father Thomas McKean.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McKean
Target entity description: McKean is a Scottish and Irish surname borne by various notable individuals, including American Founding Father Thomas McKean.
  • A. Buckley
    Buckley is a surname most prominently associated with William F. Buckley Jr., the influential American conservative author and founder of National Review.
  • B. Chisholm
    Chisholm is a residential suburb located in the Maitland region of New South Wales, Australia.
  • C. Kilpatrick
    Kilpatrick is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, often considered a variant of Kirkpatrick, and borne by various notable figures in politics, the military, and the arts.
  • D. Reid
    Reid is a common Scottish and Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
  • E. Ervin
    Ervin is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, closely related to names like Erwin and Irvin.
  • 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_69a496d6682881909ba658f1c1e0e2b0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c0f2eb608190a0ac47a73adae19b completed March 1, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acbf243adc8190b8516554701b4290 completed March 8, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acc2dc5c4c8190b6ba418aaacd1101 completed March 8, 2026, 12:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acc3ba816081908892101de3bfbf3e completed March 8, 2026, 12:32 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.