Triple

T16169591
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McCann Erickson E392398 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Harrison King McCann
Harrison King McCann was an American advertising executive best known as a pioneering figure in modern advertising and the founder of the global agency that became McCann Erickson.
 E1198364 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: Harrison King McCann | Statement: [McCann Erickson, foundedBy, Harrison King McCann]

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: Harrison King McCann
Context triple: [McCann Erickson, foundedBy, Harrison King McCann]
  • A. Henry McHenry
    Henry McHenry is an American paleoanthropologist and professor known for his research on human evolution, particularly the biomechanics and locomotion of early hominins.
  • B. Thomas McClary
    Thomas McClary is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as a founding member and lead guitarist of the funk and soul band the Commodores.
  • C. George McConnell
    George McConnell is an American guitarist best known for his tenure with the Southern rock/jam band Widespread Panic in the early 2000s.
  • D. Philip McKeon
    Philip McKeon was an American actor best known for playing Tommy Hyatt, the son of the title character, on the sitcom "Alice."
  • E. John McArdle
    John McArdle is a British actor known for his work in television dramas and soap operas.
  • 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: Harrison King McCann
Target entity description: Harrison King McCann was an American advertising executive best known as a pioneering figure in modern advertising and the founder of the global agency that became McCann Erickson.
  • A. Henry McHenry
    Henry McHenry is an American paleoanthropologist and professor known for his research on human evolution, particularly the biomechanics and locomotion of early hominins.
  • B. Thomas McClary
    Thomas McClary is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as a founding member and lead guitarist of the funk and soul band the Commodores.
  • C. George McConnell
    George McConnell is an American guitarist best known for his tenure with the Southern rock/jam band Widespread Panic in the early 2000s.
  • D. Philip McKeon
    Philip McKeon was an American actor best known for playing Tommy Hyatt, the son of the title character, on the sitcom "Alice."
  • E. John McArdle
    John McArdle is a British actor known for his work in television dramas and soap operas.
  • 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: Harrison King McCann
Triple: [McCann Erickson, foundedBy, Harrison King McCann]
Generated description
Harrison King McCann was an American advertising executive best known as a pioneering figure in modern advertising and the founder of the global agency that became McCann Erickson.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d87f1d32208190942e4e499a80c18c elicitation completed
NER batch_69e21eb5e6d881908749683091afa90c ner completed
NED1 batch_69fff7bb6aac8190a33607abfe9a32d0 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69fffa5186b88190971d3c5061503541 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69fff9bb09c48190881c0f70bae0aec8 nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:02 a.m.