Triple

T13350248
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Condon Report E318049 entity
Predicate criticizedBy P437 FINISHED
Object James E. McDonald
James E. McDonald was an American atmospheric physicist and prominent UFO researcher who became one of the most vocal scientific critics of official U.S. government investigations into unidentified flying objects.
E1222400 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: James E. McDonald | Statement: [Condon Report, criticizedBy, James E. McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James E. McDonald
Context triple: [Condon Report, criticizedBy, James E. McDonald]
  • A. Frank K. Edmondson
    Frank K. Edmondson was an American astronomer and educator known for his contributions to galactic structure studies and his influential role in advancing astronomy education and professional organizations in the United States.
  • B. Gerald R. Molen
    Gerald R. Molen is an American film producer best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg on major films such as "Schindler’s List" and "Jurassic Park."
  • C. George McConnell
    George McConnell is an American guitarist best known for his tenure with the Southern rock/jam band Widespread Panic in the early 2000s.
  • D. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • E. Roger E. Broggie
    Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
  • 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: James E. McDonald
Triple: [Condon Report, criticizedBy, James E. McDonald]
Generated description
James E. McDonald was an American atmospheric physicist and prominent UFO researcher who became one of the most vocal scientific critics of official U.S. government investigations into unidentified flying objects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James E. McDonald
Target entity description: James E. McDonald was an American atmospheric physicist and prominent UFO researcher who became one of the most vocal scientific critics of official U.S. government investigations into unidentified flying objects.
  • A. Frank K. Edmondson
    Frank K. Edmondson was an American astronomer and educator known for his contributions to galactic structure studies and his influential role in advancing astronomy education and professional organizations in the United States.
  • B. Gerald R. Molen
    Gerald R. Molen is an American film producer best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg on major films such as "Schindler’s List" and "Jurassic Park."
  • C. George McConnell
    George McConnell is an American guitarist best known for his tenure with the Southern rock/jam band Widespread Panic in the early 2000s.
  • D. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • E. Roger E. Broggie
    Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
  • 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_69d806b5a3c08190b42c267fb092f98a completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d99e8c2f1c819094f0970f35f18afa completed April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a007581ba008190a6d558c8f4e861d6 completed May 10, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a007680bc7c81908c81ad690035ed47 completed May 10, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a007728680c819082a3bd7e84edb2b0 completed May 10, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:31 p.m.