Triple
T15698334
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Too Many Parents |
E380523
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert F. McGowan
Robert F. McGowan was an American film director best known for his work on the "Our Gang" (Little Rascals) comedy shorts during the silent and early sound eras.
|
E1253477
|
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: Robert F. McGowan | Statement: [Too Many Parents, director, Robert F. McGowan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert F. McGowan Context triple: [Too Many Parents, director, Robert F. McGowan]
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A.
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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B.
Vincent J. McDonough
Vincent J. McDonough was a prominent figure at Georgetown University, honored for his contributions to the institution through the naming of McDonough Gymnasium.
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C.
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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D.
William C. McGann
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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E.
Edward P. Doherty
Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
- 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: Robert F. McGowan Triple: [Too Many Parents, director, Robert F. McGowan]
Generated description
Robert F. McGowan was an American film director best known for his work on the "Our Gang" (Little Rascals) comedy shorts during the silent and early sound eras.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert F. McGowan Target entity description: Robert F. McGowan was an American film director best known for his work on the "Our Gang" (Little Rascals) comedy shorts during the silent and early sound eras.
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A.
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.
-
B.
Vincent J. McDonough
Vincent J. McDonough was a prominent figure at Georgetown University, honored for his contributions to the institution through the naming of McDonough Gymnasium.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
William C. McGann
William C. McGann was an early 20th-century American cinematographer and film director who helped shape the visual style of Hollywood cinema.
-
E.
Edward P. Doherty
Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
- 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_69d86d99e860819094b6957cde470f2c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04f6c3328819081325b702ca92862 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a014819dfbc8190b39a10647f9ba64c |
completed | May 11, 2026, 3:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0148d819f88190a201a31fdcd37b1c |
completed | May 11, 2026, 3:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a01493587948190b1a9f7ece8fcf072 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 3:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:44 a.m.