Triple
T6270783
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McMillan |
E140527
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedBy |
P260
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ian McMillan
Ian McMillan is a British poet, broadcaster, and writer known for his lively performances and long-running BBC Radio 3 show "The Verb."
|
E582960
|
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: Ian McMillan | Statement: [McMillan, usedBy, Ian McMillan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian McMillan Context triple: [McMillan, usedBy, Ian McMillan]
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A.
William McEwan
William McEwan is a son of the acclaimed British novelist Ian McEwan.
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B.
Norman MacLeod
Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
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C.
Angus MacPhail
Angus MacPhail was a British screenwriter known for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock and for helping popularize the concept of the "MacGuffin" in film storytelling.
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D.
George Rennie
George Rennie was a 19th-century British sculptor and Liberal politician who served as a Member of Parliament and later as Governor of the Falkland Islands.
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E.
Ross Thomson
Ross Thomson is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South from 2017 to 2019.
- 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: Ian McMillan Triple: [McMillan, usedBy, Ian McMillan]
Generated description
Ian McMillan is a British poet, broadcaster, and writer known for his lively performances and long-running BBC Radio 3 show "The Verb."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian McMillan Target entity description: Ian McMillan is a British poet, broadcaster, and writer known for his lively performances and long-running BBC Radio 3 show "The Verb."
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A.
William McEwan
William McEwan is a son of the acclaimed British novelist Ian McEwan.
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B.
Norman MacLeod
Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
-
C.
Angus MacPhail
Angus MacPhail was a British screenwriter known for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock and for helping popularize the concept of the "MacGuffin" in film storytelling.
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D.
George Rennie
George Rennie was a 19th-century British sculptor and Liberal politician who served as a Member of Parliament and later as Governor of the Falkland Islands.
-
E.
Ross Thomson
Ross Thomson is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South from 2017 to 2019.
- 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_69c008cabc4081909723e2547c9d6cc0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c063bb340c8190ab81b249cefa91ca |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c519404dbc8190850f7874d2be51b5 |
completed | March 26, 2026, 11:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c51dfe50c4819084c43ca4d6cced35 |
completed | March 26, 2026, 11:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c58d97bf808190a2f8f101cf46a16b |
completed | March 26, 2026, 7:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:25 p.m.