Triple

T5323363
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Lange E121727 entity
Predicate succeededBy (as Leader of the Opposition) P8479 FINISHED
Object Jim McLay
Jim McLay is a New Zealand politician and lawyer who briefly led the National Party and served as Leader of the Opposition in the mid-1980s.
E527605 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Jim McLay | Statement: [David Lange, succeededBy (as Leader of the Opposition), Jim McLay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim McLay
Context triple: [David Lange, succeededBy (as Leader of the Opposition), Jim McLay]
  • A. Tim McIlrath
    Tim McIlrath is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter of the punk rock band Rise Against.
  • B. Eric McLeod
    Eric McLeod is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood action and genre movies, including the monster crossover blockbuster "Godzilla vs. Kong."
  • C. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • D. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • E. Chris McDermott
    Chris McDermott is a notable individual whose surname, McDermott, is recognized in association with his name.
  • 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: Jim McLay
Triple: [David Lange, succeededBy (as Leader of the Opposition), Jim McLay]
Generated description
Jim McLay is a New Zealand politician and lawyer who briefly led the National Party and served as Leader of the Opposition in the mid-1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim McLay
Target entity description: Jim McLay is a New Zealand politician and lawyer who briefly led the National Party and served as Leader of the Opposition in the mid-1980s.
  • A. Tim McIlrath
    Tim McIlrath is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter of the punk rock band Rise Against.
  • B. Eric McLeod
    Eric McLeod is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood action and genre movies, including the monster crossover blockbuster "Godzilla vs. Kong."
  • C. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • D. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • E. Chris McDermott
    Chris McDermott is a notable individual whose surname, McDermott, is recognized in association with his name.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: succeededBy (as Leader of the Opposition)
Context triple: [David Lange, succeededBy (as Leader of the Opposition), Jim McLay]
  • A. precededByInPosition:Leader of the Opposition chosen
    Indicates that one entity previously held the position of Leader of the Opposition immediately before another entity in a sequence of officeholders.
  • B. termEndAsLeaderOfOpposition
    Indicates the point in time when an entity’s tenure serving as leader of the opposition comes to an end.
  • C. succeededByAsConservativeLeader
    Indicates that one entity was followed in the role of conservative leader by another entity.
  • D. succeededByPrimeMinister
    Indicates that one prime minister directly follows another in office as their immediate successor.
  • E. succeededAsMinorityLeaderBy
    Indicates that one political minority leader was directly followed in that leadership position by another specific individual.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69bd463d956c819088105c3db802c017 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd86f20f008190be7b5848af05f2b8 completed March 20, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bff4ad59748190873288afe4a48878 completed March 22, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bff51d483c8190b20e9e669306ad86 completed March 22, 2026, 1:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bff568ccd481908722129292d6e472 completed March 22, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69bd84561c7081909e5937c7816e492c completed March 20, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:59 p.m.