Triple
T21951921
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | North West Mounted Police (1940 film) |
E542089
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Francis McDonald |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Francis McDonald | Statement: [North West Mounted Police (1940 film), starring, Francis McDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis McDonald Context triple: [North West Mounted Police (1940 film), starring, Francis McDonald]
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A.
Francis McDonald
chosen
Francis McDonald was an American character actor known for his prolific work in early 20th-century film and television, often appearing in Westerns and adventure serials.
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B.
Frank McDonald
Frank McDonald was an American film director best known for his prolific work on mid-20th-century Hollywood B-movies and genre pictures, particularly Westerns and musicals.
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C.
Les McDonald
Les McDonald was a Canadian sports administrator and former triathlete best known for leading the global development of triathlon and helping secure its inclusion in the Olympic Games.
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D.
Patrick McDonald
Patrick McDonald is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts, rather than referring to a single widely recognized public figure.
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E.
Donald MacDonald
Donald MacDonald was a Loyalist officer who led Scottish Highlander forces against Patriot militia in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0c47ef0e48190a50e1bcc43f4b3fd |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1243c84d4819097f5a93b128f024b |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:18 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:58 p.m.