Triple
T2191624
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McHale |
E49874
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasVariant |
P455
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
MacHale
MacHale is a surname of Irish origin, commonly regarded as a variant spelling of McHale.
|
E242499
|
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: MacHale | Statement: [McHale, hasVariant, MacHale]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MacHale Context triple: [McHale, hasVariant, MacHale]
-
A.
Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle is a surname most prominently associated in contemporary American culture with television personality and political figure Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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B.
McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy is an Irish-origin surname best known as the birth name of legendary American baseball manager Connie Mack.
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C.
Dignam
Dignam is a sharp-tongued, tough-as-nails police sergeant in the crime thriller film "The Departed," known for his brutal honesty and volatile temper.
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D.
Thomas Deane
Thomas Deane was a prominent 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and collegiate buildings, particularly in Cork.
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E.
Kelleher
Kelleher is a surname most notably associated with Herb Kelleher, the co-founder and longtime CEO of Southwest Airlines.
- 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: MacHale Triple: [McHale, hasVariant, MacHale]
Generated description
MacHale is a surname of Irish origin, commonly regarded as a variant spelling of McHale.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MacHale Target entity description: MacHale is a surname of Irish origin, commonly regarded as a variant spelling of McHale.
-
A.
Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle is a surname most prominently associated in contemporary American culture with television personality and political figure Kimberly Guilfoyle.
-
B.
McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy is an Irish-origin surname best known as the birth name of legendary American baseball manager Connie Mack.
-
C.
Dignam
Dignam is a sharp-tongued, tough-as-nails police sergeant in the crime thriller film "The Departed," known for his brutal honesty and volatile temper.
-
D.
Thomas Deane
Thomas Deane was a prominent 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and collegiate buildings, particularly in Cork.
-
E.
Kelleher
Kelleher is a surname most notably associated with Herb Kelleher, the co-founder and longtime CEO of Southwest Airlines.
- 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_69a88aaba3c48190b351cab9b26989ff |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbf48ceb48190956df39377df0548 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5db283cc8190b75870cb2aabc5af |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae5e7b13108190bc3f4edbff3bdb24 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae5edfe80481908c3304c917c9065b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.