Triple

T589973
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Drag City E17244 entity
Predicate hasArtist P5936 FINISHED
Object Bill MacKay
Bill MacKay is an American guitarist, composer, and improviser known for his genre-blending folk, rock, and experimental music, often released on independent labels.
E73835 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: Bill MacKay | Statement: [Drag City, hasArtist, Bill MacKay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill MacKay
Context triple: [Drag City, hasArtist, Bill MacKay]
  • A. Justin Trudeau
    Justin Trudeau is the 23rd prime minister of Canada, known for his progressive policies, advocacy on climate action and diversity, and leadership of the Liberal Party.
  • B. Rob Ford
    Rob Ford was a controversial Canadian politician known for his tumultuous tenure as Toronto’s mayor, marked by populist policies, substance abuse scandals, and intense media scrutiny.
  • C. John Turner
    John Turner was one of the Pilgrim passengers aboard the Mayflower and a signatory of the foundational self-governance agreement later known as the Mayflower Compact.
  • D. Ian Donald Cameron
    Ian Donald Cameron was a British stockbroker and the father of former UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
  • E. Brian Mulroney
    Brian Mulroney was the 18th prime minister of Canada, known for his conservative economic reforms, closer ties with the United States, and major free trade agreements.
  • 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: Bill MacKay
Triple: [Drag City, hasArtist, Bill MacKay]
Generated description
Bill MacKay is an American guitarist, composer, and improviser known for his genre-blending folk, rock, and experimental music, often released on independent labels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill MacKay
Target entity description: Bill MacKay is an American guitarist, composer, and improviser known for his genre-blending folk, rock, and experimental music, often released on independent labels.
  • A. Justin Trudeau
    Justin Trudeau is the 23rd prime minister of Canada, known for his progressive policies, advocacy on climate action and diversity, and leadership of the Liberal Party.
  • B. Rob Ford
    Rob Ford was a controversial Canadian politician known for his tumultuous tenure as Toronto’s mayor, marked by populist policies, substance abuse scandals, and intense media scrutiny.
  • C. John Turner
    John Turner was one of the Pilgrim passengers aboard the Mayflower and a signatory of the foundational self-governance agreement later known as the Mayflower Compact.
  • D. Ian Donald Cameron
    Ian Donald Cameron was a British stockbroker and the father of former UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
  • E. Brian Mulroney
    Brian Mulroney was the 18th prime minister of Canada, known for his conservative economic reforms, closer ties with the United States, and major free trade agreements.
  • 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_69a49379d09c8190ac7e00b24e2810b1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49bb775fc819085b968f8615dca59 completed March 1, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5103be4b881908fcd20c4c781c0a0 completed March 2, 2026, 4:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5140f86148190b9f3dd70fa6b0f42 completed March 2, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5146662488190b2d9024d6d999fa3 completed March 2, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.