Triple

T2317783
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Owen E51105 entity
Predicate hasVariant P455 FINISHED
Object McEwan
McEwan is a surname of Scottish origin, often considered a variant of the name Owen and borne by various notable individuals.
E256529 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: McEwan | Statement: [Owen, hasVariant, McEwan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McEwan
Context triple: [Owen, hasVariant, McEwan]
  • A. The Scotsman
    The Scotsman is a long-established Scottish daily newspaper based in Edinburgh, known for its coverage of national and international news, politics, and culture.
  • B. Francis Begbie
    Francis Begbie is a violently unpredictable and psychopathic Scottish hardman who serves as one of the most feared and volatile characters in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting universe.
  • C. Douglas Stuart
    Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American novelist best known for his debut novel "Shuggie Bain," which won the Booker Prize.
  • D. Ross and Macdonald
    Ross and Macdonald was a prominent early-20th-century Canadian architectural firm known for designing major commercial and public landmarks across the country.
  • E. Ewen
    Ewen is a small village in Gloucestershire, England, situated near the source of the River Thames.
  • 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: McEwan
Triple: [Owen, hasVariant, McEwan]
Generated description
McEwan is a surname of Scottish origin, often considered a variant of the name Owen and borne by various notable individuals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McEwan
Target entity description: McEwan is a surname of Scottish origin, often considered a variant of the name Owen and borne by various notable individuals.
  • A. The Scotsman
    The Scotsman is a long-established Scottish daily newspaper based in Edinburgh, known for its coverage of national and international news, politics, and culture.
  • B. Francis Begbie
    Francis Begbie is a violently unpredictable and psychopathic Scottish hardman who serves as one of the most feared and volatile characters in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting universe.
  • C. Douglas Stuart
    Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American novelist best known for his debut novel "Shuggie Bain," which won the Booker Prize.
  • D. Ross and Macdonald
    Ross and Macdonald was a prominent early-20th-century Canadian architectural firm known for designing major commercial and public landmarks across the country.
  • E. Ewen
    Ewen is a small village in Gloucestershire, England, situated near the source of the River Thames.
  • 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_69a88b074b908190ae983dbca7757d88 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc62fa60c8190b4859ce296ea4177 completed March 7, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae8964902081909070dd03ccb7cf1f completed March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae8ab5bf78819085120418a26cbe28 completed March 9, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae8b2a89788190975ab66f432f834f completed March 9, 2026, 8:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.