Triple
T7290291
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McDonald |
E163973
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William McDonald
William McDonald is a name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, academia, and the arts.
|
E667969
|
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 McDonald | Statement: [McDonald, hasNotableBearer, William McDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William McDonald Context triple: [McDonald, hasNotableBearer, William McDonald]
-
A.
George McConnell
George McConnell is an American guitarist best known for his tenure with the Southern rock/jam band Widespread Panic in the early 2000s.
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B.
Donald Calthrop
Donald Calthrop was a British stage and film actor of the early 20th century, known for his character roles in numerous British productions, including several early Alfred Hitchcock films.
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C.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
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D.
Donald MacDonald
Donald MacDonald was a Loyalist officer who led Scottish Highlander forces against Patriot militia in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Donald MacDonald
Donald MacDonald is best known as the founder of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, one of the most prominent Scottish cultural festivals in the United States.
- 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 McDonald Triple: [McDonald, hasNotableBearer, William McDonald]
Generated description
William McDonald is a name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, academia, and the arts.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William McDonald Target entity description: William McDonald is a name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, academia, and the arts.
-
A.
George McConnell
George McConnell is an American guitarist best known for his tenure with the Southern rock/jam band Widespread Panic in the early 2000s.
-
B.
Donald Calthrop
Donald Calthrop was a British stage and film actor of the early 20th century, known for his character roles in numerous British productions, including several early Alfred Hitchcock films.
-
C.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
-
D.
Donald MacDonald
Donald MacDonald was a Loyalist officer who led Scottish Highlander forces against Patriot militia in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
-
E.
Donald MacDonald
Donald MacDonald is best known as the founder of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, one of the most prominent Scottish cultural festivals in the United States.
- 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_69c83c4097d88190b00a8c64ce6871e5 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c83dc79fd88190ad3be8d613a6918b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c83e9189e4819093a8fe97895e2f9f |
completed | March 28, 2026, 8:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3 p.m.