Triple
T6525452
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 3M |
E151290
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William A. McGonagle
William A. McGonagle was an American businessman best known as one of the founders of the multinational manufacturing and technology company 3M.
|
E682120
|
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: William A. McGonagle | Statement: [3M, foundedBy, William A. McGonagle]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. McGonagle Context triple: [3M, foundedBy, William A. McGonagle]
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A.
William C. McGann
William C. McGann was an early 20th-century American cinematographer and film director who helped shape the visual style of Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Patrick H. McCarren
Patrick H. McCarren was a prominent early 20th-century Brooklyn politician and New York State senator known for his influence in local Democratic Party politics.
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C.
William G. McGowan
William G. McGowan was an American businessman best known for transforming MCI into a major telecommunications competitor to AT&T and helping to deregulate the U.S. long-distance phone industry.
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D.
James G. O'Hara
James G. O'Hara was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Thomas W. Connell
Thomas W. Connell was a U.S. military officer best known for commanding American forces involved in the Balangiga massacre during the Philippine–American War.
- 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: William A. McGonagle Triple: [3M, foundedBy, William A. McGonagle]
Generated description
William A. McGonagle was an American businessman best known as one of the founders of the multinational manufacturing and technology company 3M.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. McGonagle Target entity description: William A. McGonagle was an American businessman best known as one of the founders of the multinational manufacturing and technology company 3M.
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A.
William C. McGann
William C. McGann was an early 20th-century American cinematographer and film director who helped shape the visual style of Hollywood cinema.
-
B.
Patrick H. McCarren
Patrick H. McCarren was a prominent early 20th-century Brooklyn politician and New York State senator known for his influence in local Democratic Party politics.
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C.
William G. McGowan
William G. McGowan was an American businessman best known for transforming MCI into a major telecommunications competitor to AT&T and helping to deregulate the U.S. long-distance phone industry.
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D.
James G. O'Hara
James G. O'Hara was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Thomas W. Connell
Thomas W. Connell was a U.S. military officer best known for commanding American forces involved in the Balangiga massacre during the Philippine–American War.
- 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_69c687f522748190b3058405553cdabd |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6ada77b448190b6e0e07494fb4dd3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8ac74f44c8190953e486d3a315a64 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 4:37 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8adad6b348190be2f006f924a2712 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8ae0fab8c8190a042de6289ad11b6 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 4:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:45 p.m.