Triple

T16892059
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John C. Tibbets E424197 entity
Predicate coAuthorWith P398 FINISHED
Object Michael C. Mahan
Michael C. Mahan is an author and scholar known for his collaborative work with film historian John C. Tibbets, particularly in the areas of cinema and media studies.
 E1240530 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: Michael C. Mahan | Statement: [John C. Tibbets, coAuthorWith, Michael C. Mahan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael C. Mahan
Context triple: [John C. Tibbets, coAuthorWith, Michael C. Mahan]
  • A. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • B. George W. Edmonds
    George W. Edmonds was one of the original founders of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, a historically African American collegiate Greek-letter organization.
  • C. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • D. Nicolas G. Satterlee
    Nicolas G. Satterlee is an architect known for his professional collaboration with modernist architect Herbert Beckhard.
  • E. William R. Pogue
    William R. Pogue was an American astronaut, U.S. Air Force pilot, and Skylab 4 crew member known for his long-duration spaceflight and contributions to space station operations.
  • 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: Michael C. Mahan
Triple: [John C. Tibbets, coAuthorWith, Michael C. Mahan]
Generated description
Michael C. Mahan is an author and scholar known for his collaborative work with film historian John C. Tibbets, particularly in the areas of cinema and media studies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael C. Mahan
Target entity description: Michael C. Mahan is an author and scholar known for his collaborative work with film historian John C. Tibbets, particularly in the areas of cinema and media studies.
  • A. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • B. George W. Edmonds
    George W. Edmonds was one of the original founders of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, a historically African American collegiate Greek-letter organization.
  • C. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • D. Nicolas G. Satterlee
    Nicolas G. Satterlee is an architect known for his professional collaboration with modernist architect Herbert Beckhard.
  • E. William R. Pogue
    William R. Pogue was an American astronaut, U.S. Air Force pilot, and Skylab 4 crew member known for his long-duration spaceflight and contributions to space station operations.
  • 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_69d889da3e8c8190a2b118f383f0beac completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3bbc5a5308190937ebd05356bd91d completed April 18, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00c7a7fd8481908ef82a13418b1c2d completed May 10, 2026, 6 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00c8f445248190be5f3de196e40f1f completed May 10, 2026, 6:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00cd2bbd9881909f5e216cb6262a72 completed May 10, 2026, 6:23 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:29 a.m.