Triple

T16457020
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pay It Forward E399708 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Arlene McKinney
Arlene McKinney is a central character in the novel and film "Pay It Forward," portrayed as the struggling single mother of the boy who creates the pay-it-forward kindness movement.
E1215009 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: Arlene McKinney | Statement: [Pay It Forward, mainCharacter, Arlene McKinney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arlene McKinney
Context triple: [Pay It Forward, mainCharacter, Arlene McKinney]
  • A. Catherine Vance Freeman
    Catherine Vance Freeman was the wife of U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and a prominent Navy spouse who supported his long naval career and public life.
  • B. Zola Budd
    Zola Budd is a South African-born middle-distance runner best known for her barefoot racing style and controversial participation for Great Britain in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
  • C. Brianne Theisen-Eaton
    Brianne Theisen-Eaton is a Canadian heptathlete and Olympic medalist known for her success in combined events at World Championships and the Olympic Games.
  • D. Shalane Flanagan
    Shalane Flanagan is an American long-distance runner and Olympic medalist known for winning the 2017 New York City Marathon.
  • E. Wyomia Tyus
    Wyomia Tyus is an American sprinter and Olympic champion best known for becoming the first person to win consecutive gold medals in the women's 100-meter dash (1964 and 1968).
  • 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: Arlene McKinney
Triple: [Pay It Forward, mainCharacter, Arlene McKinney]
Generated description
Arlene McKinney is a central character in the novel and film "Pay It Forward," portrayed as the struggling single mother of the boy who creates the pay-it-forward kindness movement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arlene McKinney
Target entity description: Arlene McKinney is a central character in the novel and film "Pay It Forward," portrayed as the struggling single mother of the boy who creates the pay-it-forward kindness movement.
  • A. Catherine Vance Freeman
    Catherine Vance Freeman was the wife of U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and a prominent Navy spouse who supported his long naval career and public life.
  • B. Zola Budd
    Zola Budd is a South African-born middle-distance runner best known for her barefoot racing style and controversial participation for Great Britain in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
  • C. Brianne Theisen-Eaton
    Brianne Theisen-Eaton is a Canadian heptathlete and Olympic medalist known for her success in combined events at World Championships and the Olympic Games.
  • D. Shalane Flanagan
    Shalane Flanagan is an American long-distance runner and Olympic medalist known for winning the 2017 New York City Marathon.
  • E. Wyomia Tyus
    Wyomia Tyus is an American sprinter and Olympic champion best known for becoming the first person to win consecutive gold medals in the women's 100-meter dash (1964 and 1968).
  • 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_69d87f2dac988190b74d6e185fa88ba4 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32d7dfd188190b03e9b4151a4d3d8 completed April 18, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a004f5015a881908447b64b699feb1a completed May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0051491fc88190ab4098f1177d2715 completed May 10, 2026, 9:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0051c61ea0819090d588df72c1041b completed May 10, 2026, 9:37 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m.