Triple
T7290290
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McDonald |
E163973
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald is a Scottish former professional footballer best known as a prolific striker for clubs such as Motherwell, Celtic, and Middlesbrough, as well as the Australian national team.
|
E658533
|
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: Scott McDonald | Statement: [McDonald, hasNotableBearer, Scott McDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scott McDonald Context triple: [McDonald, hasNotableBearer, Scott McDonald]
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A.
Scott MacDonald
Scott MacDonald is an American character actor known for his work in television and film, particularly in genre series and dramas.
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B.
Ryan McDonald
Ryan McDonald is a Canadian actor known for his work in independent films and television, including a role in the drama "The Ballad of Jack and Rose."
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C.
James Eric Drummond
James Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, serving from 1920 to 1933.
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D.
David John McDonald
David John McDonald, better known by his stage name David Tennant, is a Scottish actor renowned for his role as the Tenth Doctor in the long-running British television series Doctor Who.
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E.
Graeme Ferguson
Graeme Ferguson was a Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of the IMAX large-format cinema technology.
- 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: Scott McDonald Triple: [McDonald, hasNotableBearer, Scott McDonald]
Generated description
Scott McDonald is a Scottish former professional footballer best known as a prolific striker for clubs such as Motherwell, Celtic, and Middlesbrough, as well as the Australian national team.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scott McDonald Target entity description: Scott McDonald is a Scottish former professional footballer best known as a prolific striker for clubs such as Motherwell, Celtic, and Middlesbrough, as well as the Australian national team.
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A.
Scott MacDonald
Scott MacDonald is an American character actor known for his work in television and film, particularly in genre series and dramas.
-
B.
Ryan McDonald
Ryan McDonald is a Canadian actor known for his work in independent films and television, including a role in the drama "The Ballad of Jack and Rose."
-
C.
James Eric Drummond
James Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, serving from 1920 to 1933.
-
D.
David John McDonald
David John McDonald, better known by his stage name David Tennant, is a Scottish actor renowned for his role as the Tenth Doctor in the long-running British television series Doctor Who.
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E.
Graeme Ferguson
Graeme Ferguson was a Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of the IMAX large-format cinema technology.
- 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_69c6886093b88190a254b1ce6db8bae7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6eb6d4e308190af6b8c237988d7d8 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7fa702e508190a2a88d497c4ef9be |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7fc13167c819084ff05d780fc4394 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7fd453fac8190862000bd670b5695 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:09 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3 p.m.