Triple
T5254851
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Tennant |
E118674
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David John McDonald
David John McDonald, better known by his stage name David Tennant, is a Scottish actor renowned for his role as the Tenth Doctor in the long-running British television series Doctor Who.
|
E506681
|
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: David John McDonald | Statement: [David Tennant, birthName, David John McDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David John McDonald Context triple: [David Tennant, birthName, David John McDonald]
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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.
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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.
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C.
Scott MacDonald
Scott MacDonald is an American character actor known for his work in television and film, particularly in genre series and dramas.
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D.
David McMillan
David McMillan is the son of Nobel Prize–winning American physicist Edwin McMillan.
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E.
Ray McDonald
Ray McDonald was an American actor and dancer known for his musical film roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
- 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: David John McDonald Triple: [David Tennant, birthName, David John McDonald]
Generated description
David John McDonald, better known by his stage name David Tennant, is a Scottish actor renowned for his role as the Tenth Doctor in the long-running British television series Doctor Who.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David John McDonald Target entity description: David John McDonald, better known by his stage name David Tennant, is a Scottish actor renowned for his role as the Tenth Doctor in the long-running British television series Doctor Who.
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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.
Scott MacDonald
Scott MacDonald is an American character actor known for his work in television and film, particularly in genre series and dramas.
-
D.
David McMillan
David McMillan is the son of Nobel Prize–winning American physicist Edwin McMillan.
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E.
Ray McDonald
Ray McDonald was an American actor and dancer known for his musical film roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
- 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_69bd446978108190bb5f9c5c23d93f88 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7ba2f5d08190850529659901ae0f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69befe7708108190ac772f7b2d5ab02a |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69beff55faec8190a75a1b5f339a2c20 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:28 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf001f0d9c8190a67909a06ea41898 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:50 p.m.