Triple

T2179005
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hattie McDaniel E48997 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McDaniel
McDaniel is the surname of Hattie McDaniel, the pioneering American actress and singer who became the first African American to win an Academy Award.
 E241220 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: McDaniel | Statement: [Hattie McDaniel, familyName, McDaniel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McDaniel
Context triple: [Hattie McDaniel, familyName, McDaniel]
  • A. Daniels
    Daniels is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, sports, entertainment, and other fields.
  • B. McDougald
    McDougald is the namesake of McDougald–McLendon Arena, a sports venue associated with North Carolina Central University.
  • C. McCauley
    McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • D. McDermott
    McDermott is a surname of Irish origin borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as business, politics, sports, and the arts.
  • E. MacDouglas
    MacDouglas is a Scottish surname variant of Douglas, traditionally associated with clans and families of Scottish heritage.
  • 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: McDaniel
Triple: [Hattie McDaniel, familyName, McDaniel]
Generated description
McDaniel is the surname of Hattie McDaniel, the pioneering American actress and singer who became the first African American to win an Academy Award.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McDaniel
Target entity description: McDaniel is the surname of Hattie McDaniel, the pioneering American actress and singer who became the first African American to win an Academy Award.
  • A. Daniels
    Daniels is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, sports, entertainment, and other fields.
  • B. McDougald
    McDougald is the namesake of McDougald–McLendon Arena, a sports venue associated with North Carolina Central University.
  • C. McCauley
    McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • D. McDermott
    McDermott is a surname of Irish origin borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as business, politics, sports, and the arts.
  • E. MacDouglas
    MacDouglas is a Scottish surname variant of Douglas, traditionally associated with clans and families of Scottish heritage.
  • 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_69a88aa72d348190a9544bb5b8a4e71d completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbeefb7648190b8fc57cf60553579 completed March 7, 2026, 6 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5da36db0819093f832d44d228bba completed March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5e4a45a08190bd96af6cda06ab35 completed March 9, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5ec4a35c8190bffc7a183497e764 completed March 9, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.