Triple

T14704872
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McClure's Magazine E345401 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John Sanborn Phillips
John Sanborn Phillips was an American magazine editor and publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential progressive-era periodical McClure's Magazine.
 E1116099 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: John Sanborn Phillips | Statement: [McClure's Magazine, foundedBy, John Sanborn Phillips]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Sanborn Phillips
Context triple: [McClure's Magazine, foundedBy, John Sanborn Phillips]
  • A. John L. Phillips
    John L. Phillips is a NASA astronaut and former naval aviator who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served aboard the International Space Station.
  • B. Joseph C. Phillips
    Joseph C. Phillips is an American actor and conservative commentator best known for his role as Lt. Martin Kendall on the television sitcom "The Cosby Show."
  • C. James Atlee Phillips
    James Atlee Phillips was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and adventure stories, including the story that inspired the 1958 film "Thunder Road."
  • D. Thomas J. Brown
    Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
  • E. John Work Garrett
    John Work Garrett was a prominent 19th-century American banker and railroad executive who served as president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and played a key role in its expansion and in Civil War logistics.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Sanborn Phillips
Target entity description: John Sanborn Phillips was an American magazine editor and publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential progressive-era periodical McClure's Magazine.
  • A. John L. Phillips
    John L. Phillips is a NASA astronaut and former naval aviator who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and served aboard the International Space Station.
  • B. Joseph C. Phillips
    Joseph C. Phillips is an American actor and conservative commentator best known for his role as Lt. Martin Kendall on the television sitcom "The Cosby Show."
  • C. James Atlee Phillips
    James Atlee Phillips was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and adventure stories, including the story that inspired the 1958 film "Thunder Road."
  • D. Thomas J. Brown
    Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
  • E. John Work Garrett
    John Work Garrett was a prominent 19th-century American banker and railroad executive who served as president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and played a key role in its expansion and in Civil War logistics.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: John Sanborn Phillips
Triple: [McClure's Magazine, foundedBy, John Sanborn Phillips]
Generated description
John Sanborn Phillips was an American magazine editor and publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential progressive-era periodical McClure's Magazine.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d822e4a8c08190a155df736bb7bc13 elicitation completed
NER batch_69deb6086c608190a66c64e23a3e002f ner completed
NED1 batch_69fdf087ce8c819081a7186df67bcf1f ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69fdf31fcb4081908a88cf4d4c5ddced ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69fdf2a63cc88190b3670378c54c96b6 nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.