Triple

T3894991
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award E88147 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Steven McDonald
Steven McDonald was a New York City police officer who became widely known for his forgiveness and advocacy for peace after being paralyzed in the line of duty.
E396717 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: Steven McDonald | Statement: [Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award, namedAfter, Steven McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven McDonald
Context triple: [Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award, namedAfter, Steven McDonald]
  • A. Paul McDonald
    Paul McDonald is an American singer-songwriter and former "American Idol" contestant known for his folk-rock style and distinctive raspy voice.
  • B. Kevin McDonald
    Kevin McDonald is a Canadian comedian, actor, and writer best known as one of the founding members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
  • C. Ray McDonald
    Ray McDonald was an American actor and dancer known for his musical film roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
  • D. Ray McKinnon
    Ray McKinnon is an American actor, writer, producer, and director known for his character roles in film and television and for creating the acclaimed series "Rectify."
  • E. Hugh McDonald
    Hugh McDonald is an American bass guitarist best known for his long-time work with the rock band Bon Jovi.
  • 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: Steven McDonald
Triple: [Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award, namedAfter, Steven McDonald]
Generated description
Steven McDonald was a New York City police officer who became widely known for his forgiveness and advocacy for peace after being paralyzed in the line of duty.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steven McDonald
Target entity description: Steven McDonald was a New York City police officer who became widely known for his forgiveness and advocacy for peace after being paralyzed in the line of duty.
  • A. Paul McDonald
    Paul McDonald is an American singer-songwriter and former "American Idol" contestant known for his folk-rock style and distinctive raspy voice.
  • B. Kevin McDonald
    Kevin McDonald is a Canadian comedian, actor, and writer best known as one of the founding members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
  • C. Ray McDonald
    Ray McDonald was an American actor and dancer known for his musical film roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
  • D. Ray McKinnon
    Ray McKinnon is an American actor, writer, producer, and director known for his character roles in film and television and for creating the acclaimed series "Rectify."
  • E. Hugh McDonald
    Hugh McDonald is an American bass guitarist best known for his long-time work with the rock band Bon Jovi.
  • 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_69aed9466d548190939f5217a23ed4ac completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeecd197148190b5b24f7097c6049a completed March 9, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51c99bab88190bd63f5b9b3950001 completed March 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b51d61e89081909e1df16631274746 completed March 14, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b51dcb5cb88190ad859cde9f10918a completed March 14, 2026, 8:35 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:21 p.m.