Triple

T5809199
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New England Whalers E128823 entity
Predicate notablePlayer P304 FINISHED
Object John McKenzie
John McKenzie was a prominent professional ice hockey right winger best known for his successful career in the NHL and WHA during the 1960s and 1970s.
 E551291 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: John McKenzie | Statement: [New England Whalers, notablePlayer, John McKenzie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McKenzie
Context triple: [New England Whalers, notablePlayer, John McKenzie]
  • A. Duncan Makenzie
    Duncan Makenzie is the protagonist of Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "Imperial Earth," a third-generation colonist from Titan who becomes a key political and cultural bridge between Saturn’s moon and Earth.
  • B. Dan MacKenzie
    Dan MacKenzie is a Canadian sports executive best known for serving as president of the Canadian Hockey League, overseeing major junior ice hockey across Canada and parts of the United States.
  • C. Michael McKinnell
    Michael McKinnell was a British-born American architect best known as the co-designer of Boston City Hall and a leading figure in late-20th-century civic architecture.
  • D. Richard McKenzie
    Richard McKenzie is an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television, including a part in the 1978 comedy-adventure film "Corvette Summer."
  • E. Alexander McDonald
    Alexander McDonald is the father of Scottish actor David Tennant.
  • 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: John McKenzie
Triple: [New England Whalers, notablePlayer, John McKenzie]
Generated description
John McKenzie was a prominent professional ice hockey right winger best known for his successful career in the NHL and WHA during the 1960s and 1970s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McKenzie
Target entity description: John McKenzie was a prominent professional ice hockey right winger best known for his successful career in the NHL and WHA during the 1960s and 1970s.
  • A. Duncan Makenzie
    Duncan Makenzie is the protagonist of Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "Imperial Earth," a third-generation colonist from Titan who becomes a key political and cultural bridge between Saturn’s moon and Earth.
  • B. Dan MacKenzie
    Dan MacKenzie is a Canadian sports executive best known for serving as president of the Canadian Hockey League, overseeing major junior ice hockey across Canada and parts of the United States.
  • C. Michael McKinnell
    Michael McKinnell was a British-born American architect best known as the co-designer of Boston City Hall and a leading figure in late-20th-century civic architecture.
  • D. Richard McKenzie
    Richard McKenzie is an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television, including a part in the 1978 comedy-adventure film "Corvette Summer."
  • E. Alexander McDonald
    Alexander McDonald is the father of Scottish actor David Tennant.
  • 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_69c0084788848190bcf71f6bc5d71597 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02b1867a481909a7ea3331dbb04ce completed March 22, 2026, 5:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0a1826cc081909572d9bf99d5f670 completed March 23, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0a210d9788190b3a40e8ec2f2c6b6 completed March 23, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0a2afcef88190a77c8089a1b85393 completed March 23, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:52 p.m.