Triple

T4373226
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Liam Clancy E98943 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Clancy
William Clancy, better known as Liam Clancy, was an influential Irish folk singer and member of the renowned group The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
E445260 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: William Clancy | Statement: [Liam Clancy, birthName, William Clancy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Clancy
Context triple: [Liam Clancy, birthName, William Clancy]
  • A. Francis Michael Clancy
    Francis Michael Clancy, better known as King Clancy, was a celebrated Canadian ice hockey defenceman and later coach and executive, renowned as one of the sport’s early stars and a Hall of Famer.
  • B. Thomas McClary
    Thomas McClary is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as a founding member and lead guitarist of the funk and soul band the Commodores.
  • C. John McGlynn
    John McGlynn is a Scottish football manager best known for his successful spells in charge of Raith Rovers.
  • D. John Killoran
    John Killoran is an actor known for his role in the National Theatre’s acclaimed stage production of "Frankenstein."
  • E. Edward Keane
    Edward Keane was an American character actor active in the early to mid-20th century, appearing in numerous films and serials, often in small or uncredited roles.
  • 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: William Clancy
Triple: [Liam Clancy, birthName, William Clancy]
Generated description
William Clancy, better known as Liam Clancy, was an influential Irish folk singer and member of the renowned group The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Clancy
Target entity description: William Clancy, better known as Liam Clancy, was an influential Irish folk singer and member of the renowned group The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
  • A. Francis Michael Clancy
    Francis Michael Clancy, better known as King Clancy, was a celebrated Canadian ice hockey defenceman and later coach and executive, renowned as one of the sport’s early stars and a Hall of Famer.
  • B. Thomas McClary
    Thomas McClary is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as a founding member and lead guitarist of the funk and soul band the Commodores.
  • C. John McGlynn
    John McGlynn is a Scottish football manager best known for his successful spells in charge of Raith Rovers.
  • D. John Killoran
    John Killoran is an actor known for his role in the National Theatre’s acclaimed stage production of "Frankenstein."
  • E. Edward Keane
    Edward Keane was an American character actor active in the early to mid-20th century, appearing in numerous films and serials, often in small or uncredited roles.
  • 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_69b3454db3708190aeafd814413c4c3d completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3521f7d9c81909c9209fe59d20ffd completed March 12, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b67baa14648190811970a45dd0d185 completed March 15, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b67ffd42908190b6b0b79d12266fa6 completed March 15, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b680db60ec81909a58427ab7be15d7 completed March 15, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:17 p.m.