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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.