Triple
T18029701
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Flicka |
E431352
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Howard McLaughlin |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Howard McLaughlin | Statement: [Flicka, mainCharacter, Howard McLaughlin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard McLaughlin Context triple: [Flicka, mainCharacter, Howard McLaughlin]
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A.
Ed McLaughlin
Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
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B.
Stuart E. McGowan
Stuart E. McGowan was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on Western films.
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C.
Philip Keenan
Philip Keenan was an American astronomer best known for co-developing the Morgan–Keenan (MK) stellar classification system that remains a standard in astrophysics.
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D.
Ed McCauley
Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
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E.
Robert J. McManus
Robert J. McManus is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts.
- 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: Howard McLaughlin Target entity description: Howard McLaughlin is the young protagonist of the 1941 children's novel "My Friend Flicka," whose coming-of-age story centers on his bond with a spirited horse.
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A.
Ed McLaughlin
Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
-
B.
Stuart E. McGowan
Stuart E. McGowan was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on Western films.
-
C.
Philip Keenan
Philip Keenan was an American astronomer best known for co-developing the Morgan–Keenan (MK) stellar classification system that remains a standard in astrophysics.
-
D.
Ed McCauley
Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
-
E.
Robert J. McManus
Robert J. McManus is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9050fb48190890155145deb0a66 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4be347f6c8190b324fe74b7dc1764 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:36 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:25 a.m.