Triple

T4069920
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McDermott E86619 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Michael McDermott
Michael McDermott is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an American singer-songwriter and a software engineer known for his work in technology and programming.
 E411208 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: Michael McDermott | Statement: [McDermott, hasNotableBearer, Michael McDermott]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael McDermott
Context triple: [McDermott, hasNotableBearer, Michael McDermott]
  • A. John Veals
    John Veals is a ruthless, ultra-wealthy hedge fund manager in Sebastian Faulks’s novel "A Week in December," embodying the excesses and moral ambiguities of high finance in contemporary London.
  • B. Justin Haythe
    Justin Haythe is a British-American screenwriter and novelist known for adapting literary works into acclaimed films such as "Revolutionary Road" and "A Cure for Wellness."
  • C. Thomas McElwee
    Thomas McElwee was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member from County Derry who died during the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike.
  • D. John Callaghan
    John Callaghan is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Callaghan.
  • E. Jay Gorney
    Jay Gorney was an American composer best known for writing socially conscious songs for Broadway and film, including the music for the classic Depression-era anthem "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  • 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: Michael McDermott
Triple: [McDermott, hasNotableBearer, Michael McDermott]
Generated description
Michael McDermott is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an American singer-songwriter and a software engineer known for his work in technology and programming.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael McDermott
Target entity description: Michael McDermott is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an American singer-songwriter and a software engineer known for his work in technology and programming.
  • A. John Veals
    John Veals is a ruthless, ultra-wealthy hedge fund manager in Sebastian Faulks’s novel "A Week in December," embodying the excesses and moral ambiguities of high finance in contemporary London.
  • B. Justin Haythe
    Justin Haythe is a British-American screenwriter and novelist known for adapting literary works into acclaimed films such as "Revolutionary Road" and "A Cure for Wellness."
  • C. Thomas McElwee
    Thomas McElwee was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member from County Derry who died during the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike.
  • D. John Callaghan
    John Callaghan is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Callaghan.
  • E. Jay Gorney
    Jay Gorney was an American composer best known for writing socially conscious songs for Broadway and film, including the music for the classic Depression-era anthem "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  • 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_69aed93ebe448190a1f1686e28740ac9 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefbfa45c88190b7b13b35de816378 completed March 9, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b562b6eb708190a7f60192d8df9a27 completed March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5668984988190bb4239df9e283142 completed March 14, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b566ea87f88190ad03e548de53553f completed March 14, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.