Triple

T3803962
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johnny Belinda E91757 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Black MacDonald
Black MacDonald is a character from the play and film "Johnny Belinda," set in a rural Nova Scotia community and involved in the drama surrounding the deaf-mute protagonist.
E391198 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: Black MacDonald | Statement: [Johnny Belinda, character, Black MacDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black MacDonald
Context triple: [Johnny Belinda, character, Black MacDonald]
  • A. Angus McGill
    Angus McGill was a British journalist and humorist known for his witty newspaper columns and light comic writing.
  • B. Charlie MacLean
    Charlie MacLean is a television writer and producer best known for creating the crime drama series "City on a Hill."
  • C. Jack McManus
    Jack McManus is a British singer-songwriter and musician known for his work in pop and adult contemporary music and for his marriage to actress and singer Martine McCutcheon.
  • D. Alasdair MacColla
    Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
  • E. Scotty Highlander
    Scotty Highlander is the Scottish terrier–themed mascot of the University of California, Riverside, representing the school's Highlanders athletic teams and campus spirit.
  • 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: Black MacDonald
Triple: [Johnny Belinda, character, Black MacDonald]
Generated description
Black MacDonald is a character from the play and film "Johnny Belinda," set in a rural Nova Scotia community and involved in the drama surrounding the deaf-mute protagonist.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black MacDonald
Target entity description: Black MacDonald is a character from the play and film "Johnny Belinda," set in a rural Nova Scotia community and involved in the drama surrounding the deaf-mute protagonist.
  • A. Angus McGill
    Angus McGill was a British journalist and humorist known for his witty newspaper columns and light comic writing.
  • B. Charlie MacLean
    Charlie MacLean is a television writer and producer best known for creating the crime drama series "City on a Hill."
  • C. Jack McManus
    Jack McManus is a British singer-songwriter and musician known for his work in pop and adult contemporary music and for his marriage to actress and singer Martine McCutcheon.
  • D. Alasdair MacColla
    Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
  • E. Scotty Highlander
    Scotty Highlander is the Scottish terrier–themed mascot of the University of California, Riverside, representing the school's Highlanders athletic teams and campus spirit.
  • 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_69aed96354f48190a768966d6bd19b04 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aee7bc240881909e91b7b99403a13c completed March 9, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4fb270b008190bbd87cbddacb7204 completed March 14, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4fcb41dac8190ad127d0c23bef877 completed March 14, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4fdd7201c819087e710ad64216fc5 completed March 14, 2026, 6:19 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:15 p.m.