Triple

T15666643
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scrooge McDuck E377203 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McDuck
McDuck is the fictional Scottish duck family surname most famously borne by the wealthy Disney character Scrooge McDuck and his relatives.
 E1171202 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: McDuck | Statement: [Scrooge McDuck, familyName, McDuck]

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: McDuck
Context triple: [Scrooge McDuck, familyName, McDuck]
  • A. Scrooge McDuck
    Scrooge McDuck is a wealthy, miserly Scottish duck from Disney comics and cartoons, famous for his vast money bin and adventurous treasure-hunting exploits.
  • B. Fergus McDuck
    Fergus McDuck is a character in Disney's Duck universe, best known as Scrooge McDuck's thrifty and hard-working father.
  • C. Hortense McDuck
    Hortense McDuck is a fiery-tempered duck character in Disney's Scrooge McDuck universe, best known as Scrooge's sister and the mother of Donald Duck.
  • D. Mike “McDuck” Olson
    Mike “McDuck” Olson is an American guitarist and founding member of the band Lake Street Dive, known for his versatile playing and contributions to the group’s distinctive soul-pop sound.
  • E. Louie Duck
    Louie Duck is one of Donald Duck’s mischievous triplet nephews in Disney cartoons, known for his green attire and adventurous exploits alongside his brothers Huey and Dewey.
  • 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: McDuck
Target entity description: McDuck is the fictional Scottish duck family surname most famously borne by the wealthy Disney character Scrooge McDuck and his relatives.
  • A. Scrooge McDuck
    Scrooge McDuck is a wealthy, miserly Scottish duck from Disney comics and cartoons, famous for his vast money bin and adventurous treasure-hunting exploits.
  • B. Fergus McDuck
    Fergus McDuck is a character in Disney's Duck universe, best known as Scrooge McDuck's thrifty and hard-working father.
  • C. Hortense McDuck
    Hortense McDuck is a fiery-tempered duck character in Disney's Scrooge McDuck universe, best known as Scrooge's sister and the mother of Donald Duck.
  • D. Mike “McDuck” Olson
    Mike “McDuck” Olson is an American guitarist and founding member of the band Lake Street Dive, known for his versatile playing and contributions to the group’s distinctive soul-pop sound.
  • E. Louie Duck
    Louie Duck is one of Donald Duck’s mischievous triplet nephews in Disney cartoons, known for his green attire and adventurous exploits alongside his brothers Huey and Dewey.
  • 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: McDuck
Triple: [Scrooge McDuck, familyName, McDuck]
Generated description
McDuck is the fictional Scottish duck family surname most famously borne by the wealthy Disney character Scrooge McDuck and his relatives.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d85cd2e28481909d4e975bee20872f elicitation completed
NER batch_69e04f1151548190a14607e762686cb1 ner completed
NED1 batch_69ff6ed8d9188190a68035d2508b117d ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69ff700c8c748190a24996936d591435 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69ff6f691b1c8190a5b6ede22f90a1d9 nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:16 a.m.