Triple

T22595080
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Twitch City E574654 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Bruce McDonald — 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: Bruce McDonald | Statement: [Twitch City, director, Bruce McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bruce McDonald
Context triple: [Twitch City, director, Bruce McDonald]
  • A. Guy Maddin
    Guy Maddin is a Canadian filmmaker known for his surreal, visually stylized films that often emulate silent and early sound cinema.
  • B. Don McKellar
    Don McKellar is a Canadian actor, writer, and director known for his work on films such as "Last Night" and "The Red Violin," as well as his contributions to Canadian independent cinema and television.
  • C. Bruce McDiarmid
    Bruce McDiarmid was a prominent local figure and benefactor associated with the establishment of McDiarmid Park, the home stadium of Scottish football club St Johnstone FC.
  • D. Doug Nichol
    Doug Nichol is a British-born film and music video director known for his visually distinctive work with major artists and for directing the documentary "California Typewriter."
  • E. Ray Millar
    Ray Millar is a musician best known as a member of the Irish pop group the Miami Showband, which was highly popular during the showband era.
  • 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: Bruce McDonald
Target entity description: Bruce McDonald is a Canadian film and television director known for his offbeat, independent style in works such as the cult TV series Twitch City and films like Hard Core Logo and Pontypool.
  • A. Guy Maddin
    Guy Maddin is a Canadian filmmaker known for his surreal, visually stylized films that often emulate silent and early sound cinema.
  • B. Don McKellar
    Don McKellar is a Canadian actor, writer, and director known for his work on films such as "Last Night" and "The Red Violin," as well as his contributions to Canadian independent cinema and television.
  • C. Bruce McDiarmid
    Bruce McDiarmid was a prominent local figure and benefactor associated with the establishment of McDiarmid Park, the home stadium of Scottish football club St Johnstone FC.
  • D. Doug Nichol
    Doug Nichol is a British-born film and music video director known for his visually distinctive work with major artists and for directing the documentary "California Typewriter."
  • E. Ray Millar
    Ray Millar is a musician best known as a member of the Irish pop group the Miami Showband, which was highly popular during the showband era.
  • 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_69e245bc11308190b69d794d5d1e0bb6 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f16164d690819096f7c4efb6cedad9 completed April 29, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 2:49 p.m.