Triple

T14535683
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norm Macdonald E341036 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Connie Macdonald
Connie Macdonald is best known as the former wife of the late Canadian comedian and "Saturday Night Live" alum Norm Macdonald.
E1107349 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: Connie Macdonald | Statement: [Norm Macdonald, spouse, Connie Macdonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Connie Macdonald
Context triple: [Norm Macdonald, spouse, Connie Macdonald]
  • A. Carol Dunlop
    Carol Dunlop was a Canadian writer, translator, and photographer best known for co-authoring the travel book "Autonauts of the Cosmoroute" with her husband, Argentine novelist Julio Cortázar.
  • B. Kelly McCrimmon
    Kelly McCrimmon is a Canadian ice hockey executive known for helping build the Vegas Golden Knights into a successful NHL franchise.
  • C. Pam MacKinnon
    Pam MacKinnon is a Tony Award–winning American theatre director renowned for her work on contemporary plays and Broadway productions.
  • D. Shauna Robertson
    Shauna Robertson is a Canadian film producer best known for her frequent collaborations with Judd Apatow on hit comedy films such as "Superbad," "Knocked Up," and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."
  • E. Susan Fleming
    Susan Fleming was an American film actress and later television host best known for her 1930s movie roles and her long marriage to comedian Harpo Marx.
  • 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: Connie Macdonald
Triple: [Norm Macdonald, spouse, Connie Macdonald]
Generated description
Connie Macdonald is best known as the former wife of the late Canadian comedian and "Saturday Night Live" alum Norm Macdonald.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Connie Macdonald
Target entity description: Connie Macdonald is best known as the former wife of the late Canadian comedian and "Saturday Night Live" alum Norm Macdonald.
  • A. Carol Dunlop
    Carol Dunlop was a Canadian writer, translator, and photographer best known for co-authoring the travel book "Autonauts of the Cosmoroute" with her husband, Argentine novelist Julio Cortázar.
  • B. Kelly McCrimmon
    Kelly McCrimmon is a Canadian ice hockey executive known for helping build the Vegas Golden Knights into a successful NHL franchise.
  • C. Pam MacKinnon
    Pam MacKinnon is a Tony Award–winning American theatre director renowned for her work on contemporary plays and Broadway productions.
  • D. Shauna Robertson
    Shauna Robertson is a Canadian film producer best known for her frequent collaborations with Judd Apatow on hit comedy films such as "Superbad," "Knocked Up," and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."
  • E. Susan Fleming
    Susan Fleming was an American film actress and later television host best known for her 1930s movie roles and her long marriage to comedian Harpo Marx.
  • 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_69d822dac79c8190a84a073f3cbaced5 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb1b9d39881908c7a3a5b17d432af completed April 14, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd8ab414dc8190a233185068cfb8ff completed May 8, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd8c9564a08190bfacd7ba9cadb6b6 completed May 8, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd8d1414f88190b6cea5a7106f1c3c completed May 8, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:22 a.m.