Triple

T5072088
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mad Max E114304 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object James McCausland
James McCausland is an Australian screenwriter best known for co-writing the original 1979 film "Mad Max."
 E491527 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: James McCausland | Statement: [Mad Max, writer, James McCausland]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James McCausland
Context triple: [Mad Max, writer, James McCausland]
  • A. Donal McLaughlin
    Donal McLaughlin was an American architect and industrial designer best known for creating the iconic emblem of the United Nations.
  • B. John McSherry
    John McSherry was a longtime Major League Baseball umpire known for his work in numerous postseason games and his sudden on-field death during a 1996 Opening Day game.
  • C. Patrick J. Durkan
    Patrick J. Durkan is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Durkan, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily available.
  • D. Dan Quinlivan
    Dan Quinlivan is a musician best known as a member of the experimental psychedelic and ambient ensemble Bitchin Bajas.
  • E. Patrick Eagan
    Patrick Eagan was an early Irish immigrant settler and local political figure after whom the city of Eagan, Minnesota, is named.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James McCausland
Target entity description: James McCausland is an Australian screenwriter best known for co-writing the original 1979 film "Mad Max."
  • A. Donal McLaughlin
    Donal McLaughlin was an American architect and industrial designer best known for creating the iconic emblem of the United Nations.
  • B. John McSherry
    John McSherry was a longtime Major League Baseball umpire known for his work in numerous postseason games and his sudden on-field death during a 1996 Opening Day game.
  • C. Patrick J. Durkan
    Patrick J. Durkan is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Durkan, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not readily available.
  • D. Dan Quinlivan
    Dan Quinlivan is a musician best known as a member of the experimental psychedelic and ambient ensemble Bitchin Bajas.
  • E. Patrick Eagan
    Patrick Eagan was an early Irish immigrant settler and local political figure after whom the city of Eagan, Minnesota, is named.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: James McCausland
Triple: [Mad Max, writer, James McCausland]
Generated description
James McCausland is an Australian screenwriter best known for co-writing the original 1979 film "Mad Max."

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69bd443cf28c8190ad371d603563dbdd elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd74ce140881909a2874663244c0db ner completed
NED1 batch_69beb1110a388190a5db1c94b3d60d6b ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69beb1f3c7b88190a3c4e6bcd8714808 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69beb186dfa88190bd4cc76247a64ff1 nedg completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:39 p.m.