Triple

T5078369
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir Gerry McCormac E114453 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Gerry McCormac
Gerry McCormac is a Scottish physicist and academic leader best known for serving as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Stirling.
 E500646 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: Gerry McCormac | Statement: [Sir Gerry McCormac, name, Gerry McCormac]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gerry McCormac
Context triple: [Sir Gerry McCormac, name, Gerry McCormac]
  • A. Gerald Geraghty
    Gerald Geraghty was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century Western films.
  • B. Gerry Cooney
    Gerry Cooney is an American former heavyweight boxer best known for his powerful left hook and high-profile 1980s title fights, including his bout with Larry Holmes.
  • C. Gerry McNamara
    Gerry McNamara is a former Syracuse University basketball star and clutch three-point shooter who helped lead the Orange to the 2003 NCAA championship and later became an assistant coach for the program.
  • D. Jim McElroy
    Jim McElroy is an Australian film producer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the classic mystery drama "Picnic at Hanging Rock."
  • E. Ed McCauley
    Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
  • 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: Gerry McCormac
Triple: [Sir Gerry McCormac, name, Gerry McCormac]
Generated description
Gerry McCormac is a Scottish physicist and academic leader best known for serving as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Stirling.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gerry McCormac
Target entity description: Gerry McCormac is a Scottish physicist and academic leader best known for serving as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Stirling.
  • A. Gerald Geraghty
    Gerald Geraghty was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century Western films.
  • B. Gerry Cooney
    Gerry Cooney is an American former heavyweight boxer best known for his powerful left hook and high-profile 1980s title fights, including his bout with Larry Holmes.
  • C. Gerry McNamara
    Gerry McNamara is a former Syracuse University basketball star and clutch three-point shooter who helped lead the Orange to the 2003 NCAA championship and later became an assistant coach for the program.
  • D. Jim McElroy
    Jim McElroy is an Australian film producer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the classic mystery drama "Picnic at Hanging Rock."
  • E. Ed McCauley
    Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
  • 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_69bd443dbf908190a9401e9c2dc7bd7d completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd74f75cf0819088be9e076eaf3168 completed March 20, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bee06486c481908e11dc53875ee31b completed March 21, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bee4c74ff08190b4ffa0e802112e49 completed March 21, 2026, 6:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bee4e6d0448190a524c2e20d29c730 completed March 21, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:39 p.m.