Triple

T16164380
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Patrick Macnee E392263 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Macnee
Macnee is a surname most famously associated with Patrick Macnee, the British actor best known for playing John Steed in the television series "The Avengers."
 E1198243 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: Macnee | Statement: [Patrick Macnee, familyName, Macnee]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Macnee
Context triple: [Patrick Macnee, familyName, Macnee]
  • A. Mackenzell
    Mackenzell is a small village in the Hesse region of central Germany.
  • B. Meehan
    Meehan is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, literature, and business.
  • C. Mackecknie
    Mackecknie is the distinctive middle name of the fictional character Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn from Meredith Willson’s musical "The Music Man."
  • D. Dinneen
    Dinneen is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in sports, politics, and the arts.
  • E. MacRae
    MacRae is a Scottish surname associated with various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, sports, and public life.
  • 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: Macnee
Triple: [Patrick Macnee, familyName, Macnee]
Generated description
Macnee is a surname most famously associated with Patrick Macnee, the British actor best known for playing John Steed in the television series "The Avengers."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Macnee
Target entity description: Macnee is a surname most famously associated with Patrick Macnee, the British actor best known for playing John Steed in the television series "The Avengers."
  • A. Mackenzell
    Mackenzell is a small village in the Hesse region of central Germany.
  • B. Meehan
    Meehan is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, literature, and business.
  • C. Mackecknie
    Mackecknie is the distinctive middle name of the fictional character Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn from Meredith Willson’s musical "The Music Man."
  • D. Dinneen
    Dinneen is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in sports, politics, and the arts.
  • E. MacRae
    MacRae is a Scottish surname associated with various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, sports, and public life.
  • 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_69d87f1d32208190942e4e499a80c18c completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e21e622ae481909f3cf25b38886d3a completed April 17, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fff7b69adc8190ba90d68acaaca509 completed May 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fff963de888190b2222c3ec0b4a8fd completed May 10, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fff9f70afc8190bd8e77465ce6bd0b completed May 10, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:02 a.m.