Triple
T5585620
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Specimen Days |
E146747
|
entity |
| Predicate | publisher |
P29
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David McKay
David McKay was an American publishing house and bookseller known for issuing works of notable authors, including Walt Whitman.
|
E528731
|
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 McKay | Statement: [Specimen Days, publisher, David McKay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David McKay Context triple: [Specimen Days, publisher, David McKay]
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A.
Alister McIntyre
Alister McIntyre was a prominent Grenadian economist and regional leader who played a key role in advancing Caribbean economic integration and development.
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B.
Charles Crichton
Charles Crichton was a British film director and editor best known for his work on classic Ealing comedies and the hit crime-comedy film "A Fish Called Wanda."
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C.
Allan Menzies
Allan Menzies was a Scottish theologian and professor known for his contributions to biblical scholarship and translations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Arthur Howey Ross
Arthur Howey "Art" Ross was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive best known for his influential role in shaping the modern NHL and for the Art Ross Trophy named in his honor.
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E.
Norman Z. McLeod
Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
- 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 McKay Triple: [Specimen Days, publisher, David McKay]
Generated description
David McKay was an American publishing house and bookseller known for issuing works of notable authors, including Walt Whitman.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David McKay Target entity description: David McKay was an American publishing house and bookseller known for issuing works of notable authors, including Walt Whitman.
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A.
Alister McIntyre
Alister McIntyre was a prominent Grenadian economist and regional leader who played a key role in advancing Caribbean economic integration and development.
-
B.
Charles Crichton
Charles Crichton was a British film director and editor best known for his work on classic Ealing comedies and the hit crime-comedy film "A Fish Called Wanda."
-
C.
Allan Menzies
Allan Menzies was a Scottish theologian and professor known for his contributions to biblical scholarship and translations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
Arthur Howey Ross
Arthur Howey "Art" Ross was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive best known for his influential role in shaping the modern NHL and for the Art Ross Trophy named in his honor.
-
E.
Norman Z. McLeod
Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
- 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_69c0090287a08190b4098411effe970c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c020871a3c8190991f291295cadfa5 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0286558b48190a8907c06111a48f3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0350eb53081909dc573fefa3e7f0a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c036ee4e1c8190b9e60655d72407ff |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.