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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.