Triple

T15550049
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John McSherry E370719 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McSherry
McSherry is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, academia, and public service.
E1163233 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: McSherry | Statement: [John McSherry, familyName, McSherry]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McSherry
Context triple: [John McSherry, familyName, McSherry]
  • A. McCreesh
    McCreesh is an Irish surname most notably associated with Raymond McCreesh, a Provisional IRA volunteer who died on hunger strike in 1981.
  • B. Mulcahy
    Mulcahy is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, borne by various notable figures in Ireland and the Irish diaspora.
  • C. Mullally
    Mullally is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, sports, and public service.
  • D. McKernan
    McKernan is the surname of Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, the influential founding keyboardist and vocalist of the Grateful Dead.
  • E. MacSheamais
    MacSheamais is a Scottish surname historically linked to Clan Gunn, reflecting Gaelic patronymic naming traditions within the clan.
  • 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: McSherry
Triple: [John McSherry, familyName, McSherry]
Generated description
McSherry is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, academia, and public service.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McSherry
Target entity description: McSherry is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, academia, and public service.
  • A. McCreesh
    McCreesh is an Irish surname most notably associated with Raymond McCreesh, a Provisional IRA volunteer who died on hunger strike in 1981.
  • B. Mulcahy
    Mulcahy is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, borne by various notable figures in Ireland and the Irish diaspora.
  • C. Mullally
    Mullally is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, sports, and public service.
  • D. McKernan
    McKernan is the surname of Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, the influential founding keyboardist and vocalist of the Grateful Dead.
  • E. MacSheamais
    MacSheamais is a Scottish surname historically linked to Clan Gunn, reflecting Gaelic patronymic naming traditions within the clan.
  • 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_69d85cc6cf40819091f4a5facee1ebe6 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04a93121881909d88ca55a39252ac completed April 16, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff455dfbcc8190a93e90c59b2d3045 completed May 9, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff467e5d6c8190ba3bf6557e683233 completed May 9, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff470912bc8190a42ee312aca55872 completed May 9, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:08 a.m.