Triple
T235223
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Abilene, Kansas, United States |
E4494
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePerson |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joseph McCoy
Joseph McCoy was a 19th-century American cattle dealer and entrepreneur best known for turning Abilene, Kansas into a major cattle-shipping center and helping establish the famous Western cattle trails.
|
E148051
|
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: Joseph McCoy | Statement: [Abilene, Kansas, United States, notablePerson, Joseph McCoy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph McCoy Context triple: [Abilene, Kansas, United States, notablePerson, Joseph McCoy]
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A.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
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B.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
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C.
Emile Sherman
Emile Sherman is an Australian film and television producer best known for co-producing the Academy Award–winning film "The King’s Speech" and co-founding the production company See-Saw Films.
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D.
Leo T. McCarthy
Leo T. McCarthy was an American Democratic politician who served as California’s longest-tenured lieutenant governor and previously as Speaker of the California State Assembly.
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E.
Horace Walker
Horace Walker was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and the Caucasus.
- 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: Joseph McCoy Triple: [Abilene, Kansas, United States, notablePerson, Joseph McCoy]
Generated description
Joseph McCoy was a 19th-century American cattle dealer and entrepreneur best known for turning Abilene, Kansas into a major cattle-shipping center and helping establish the famous Western cattle trails.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph McCoy Target entity description: Joseph McCoy was a 19th-century American cattle dealer and entrepreneur best known for turning Abilene, Kansas into a major cattle-shipping center and helping establish the famous Western cattle trails.
-
A.
Johnston McCulley
Johnston McCulley was an American writer best known as the creator of the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro.
-
B.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
-
C.
Emile Sherman
Emile Sherman is an Australian film and television producer best known for co-producing the Academy Award–winning film "The King’s Speech" and co-founding the production company See-Saw Films.
-
D.
Leo T. McCarthy
Leo T. McCarthy was an American Democratic politician who served as California’s longest-tenured lieutenant governor and previously as Speaker of the California State Assembly.
-
E.
Horace Walker
Horace Walker was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and the Caucasus.
- 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25cc9ab2c81909af278a07f86aa1e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acaca1f0988190aa95e12ecc86398e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acaf04879081908f86eda8b0b80f8a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acaf5ccc488190ab93945c84738d80 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:06 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.