Triple

T14880946
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Macdonald Carey E349997 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Edward Macdonald
Edward Macdonald is the given name of American actor Macdonald Carey, best known for his long-running role on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives."
E1125688 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: Edward Macdonald | Statement: [Macdonald Carey, givenName, Edward Macdonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Macdonald
Context triple: [Macdonald Carey, givenName, Edward Macdonald]
  • A. Étienne Macdonald
    Étienne Macdonald was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic era, noted for his leadership in several major campaigns across Europe.
  • B. Paul Abadie
    Paul Abadie was a 19th-century French architect best known for his historicist church designs and major role in the development of neo-Romanesque and neo-Byzantine architecture in France.
  • C. George Esson
    George Esson is a Scottish former senior police officer known for his prominent roles in major criminal investigations and public safety operations in the UK.
  • D. Lewis Macdonald
    Lewis Macdonald is a Scottish Labour politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament and held various ministerial and parliamentary roles.
  • E. Hugo Lavoie
    Hugo Lavoie is an actor known for playing Gage Creed in an adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel "Pet Sematary."
  • 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: Edward Macdonald
Triple: [Macdonald Carey, givenName, Edward Macdonald]
Generated description
Edward Macdonald is the given name of American actor Macdonald Carey, best known for his long-running role on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Macdonald
Target entity description: Edward Macdonald is the given name of American actor Macdonald Carey, best known for his long-running role on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives."
  • A. Étienne Macdonald
    Étienne Macdonald was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic era, noted for his leadership in several major campaigns across Europe.
  • B. Paul Abadie
    Paul Abadie was a 19th-century French architect best known for his historicist church designs and major role in the development of neo-Romanesque and neo-Byzantine architecture in France.
  • C. George Esson
    George Esson is a Scottish former senior police officer known for his prominent roles in major criminal investigations and public safety operations in the UK.
  • D. Lewis Macdonald
    Lewis Macdonald is a Scottish Labour politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament and held various ministerial and parliamentary roles.
  • E. Hugo Lavoie
    Hugo Lavoie is an actor known for playing Gage Creed in an adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel "Pet Sematary."
  • 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_69d822ee4f408190b6ac3b2fa434f0df completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded5e622388190b2bf91cd10b9821d completed April 15, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe6b591f3c81909ea8a9217d96e0d2 completed May 8, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe6c55d6b88190b0f57009be962194 completed May 8, 2026, 11:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe6e56e7e88190b70497e168d707de completed May 8, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:55 a.m.