Triple
T14898875
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Penrod and Sam (1937 film) |
E359948
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William C. McGann |
E536640
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William C. McGann | Statement: [Penrod and Sam (1937 film), director, William C. McGann]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. McGann Context triple: [Penrod and Sam (1937 film), director, William C. McGann]
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A.
William C. McGann
chosen
William C. McGann was an early 20th-century American cinematographer and film director who helped shape the visual style of Hollywood cinema.
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B.
William A. McGonagle
William A. McGonagle was an American businessman best known as one of the founders of the multinational manufacturing and technology company 3M.
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C.
James B. McNamara
James B. McNamara was an American labor union activist best known for his role in the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, a pivotal event in early 20th-century labor history.
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D.
James T. McNamara
James T. McNamara was a public official who served as New York State's Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and industry-related policies and regulations.
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E.
Patrick H. McCarren
Patrick H. McCarren was a prominent early 20th-century Brooklyn politician and New York State senator known for his influence in local Democratic Party politics.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d827980cbc8190a0c569ae3940a1d9 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded6084574819098033a9723f3e1c4 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffe46436048190b79d1d18a179617b |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:50 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:11 a.m.