Triple

T2703975
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject PBS NewsHour E59298 entity
Predicate originalHost P18035 FINISHED
Object Robert MacNeil
Robert MacNeil is a Canadian-American journalist and author best known for co-creating and co-anchoring the long-running public television news program that became PBS NewsHour.
 E290885 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: Robert MacNeil | Statement: [PBS NewsHour, originalHost, Robert MacNeil]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert MacNeil
Context triple: [PBS NewsHour, originalHost, Robert MacNeil]
  • A. Neil Johnston
    Neil Johnston was a dominant 1950s NBA center and Hall of Famer known for leading the league in scoring with the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • B. Robert Alda
    Robert Alda was an American actor and singer, and the father of actor Alan Alda, known for his work in film, theater, and television from the 1940s onward.
  • C. Garth Stevenson
    Garth Stevenson is a Canadian-born double bassist and composer known for his atmospheric, nature-inspired film scores and solo work.
  • D. Robert Richardson
    Robert Richardson was a 19th-century American physician, educator, and prominent leader in the Restoration Movement, best known for his biographical and theological writings associated with Alexander Campbell.
  • E. Robert Richardson
    Robert Richardson is an acclaimed American cinematographer known for his dynamic visual style and frequent collaborations with directors like Quentin Tarantino, Oliver Stone, and Martin Scorsese.
  • 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: Robert MacNeil
Triple: [PBS NewsHour, originalHost, Robert MacNeil]
Generated description
Robert MacNeil is a Canadian-American journalist and author best known for co-creating and co-anchoring the long-running public television news program that became PBS NewsHour.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert MacNeil
Target entity description: Robert MacNeil is a Canadian-American journalist and author best known for co-creating and co-anchoring the long-running public television news program that became PBS NewsHour.
  • A. Neil Johnston
    Neil Johnston was a dominant 1950s NBA center and Hall of Famer known for leading the league in scoring with the Philadelphia Warriors.
  • B. Robert Alda
    Robert Alda was an American actor and singer, and the father of actor Alan Alda, known for his work in film, theater, and television from the 1940s onward.
  • C. Garth Stevenson
    Garth Stevenson is a Canadian-born double bassist and composer known for his atmospheric, nature-inspired film scores and solo work.
  • D. Robert Richardson
    Robert Richardson was a 19th-century American physician, educator, and prominent leader in the Restoration Movement, best known for his biographical and theological writings associated with Alexander Campbell.
  • E. Robert Richardson
    Robert Richardson is an acclaimed American cinematographer known for his dynamic visual style and frequent collaborations with directors like Quentin Tarantino, Oliver Stone, and Martin Scorsese.
  • 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_69ab4ac66bc88190b9e4afa5fc843f72 completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abda518c58819096c8b67c0f754655 completed March 7, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afaf76caec8190930ead7931f7ea91 completed March 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb01c248c81909af7358da96aa588 completed March 10, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb0ae71888190ab0675b7897f1589 completed March 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.