Triple

T7786576
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hillsborough High School E187259 entity
Predicate hasAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object Tom McEwen
Tom McEwen was a prominent American sportswriter and longtime sports editor and columnist for The Tampa Tribune, widely known for his influence on Florida sports journalism.
 E693791 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Tom McEwen | Statement: [Hillsborough High School, hasAlumnus, Tom McEwen]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom McEwen
Context triple: [Hillsborough High School, hasAlumnus, Tom McEwen]
  • A. Tom McEwen
    Tom McEwen was a Canadian communist organizer and political activist known for his leading role in the early development of the Communist Party of Canada.
  • B. Jim McElroy
    Jim McElroy is an Australian film producer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the classic mystery drama "Picnic at Hanging Rock."
  • C. Ed McCauley
    Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
  • D. Mike McNeil
    Mike McNeil is a software developer best known as the creator of the Sails.js Node.js web framework.
  • E. Jack McVea
    Jack McVea was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist and bandleader best known for his work in the 1940s jump blues scene and for co-writing the hit song "Open the Door, Richard."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom McEwen
Target entity description: Tom McEwen was a prominent American sportswriter and longtime sports editor and columnist for The Tampa Tribune, widely known for his influence on Florida sports journalism.
  • A. Tom McEwen
    Tom McEwen was a Canadian communist organizer and political activist known for his leading role in the early development of the Communist Party of Canada.
  • B. Jim McElroy
    Jim McElroy is an Australian film producer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the classic mystery drama "Picnic at Hanging Rock."
  • C. Ed McCauley
    Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
  • D. Mike McNeil
    Mike McNeil is a software developer best known as the creator of the Sails.js Node.js web framework.
  • E. Jack McVea
    Jack McVea was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist and bandleader best known for his work in the 1940s jump blues scene and for co-writing the hit song "Open the Door, Richard."
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Tom McEwen
Triple: [Hillsborough High School, hasAlumnus, Tom McEwen]
Generated description
Tom McEwen was a prominent American sportswriter and longtime sports editor and columnist for The Tampa Tribune, widely known for his influence on Florida sports journalism.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca82af2d2c8190963861f5e0b8bf21 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cadf2462248190863f838f0e077923 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cb139059a08190a8a4df25ee09756b ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cb1a29d2988190bb64aada0d2ef463 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cb1636b0d48190a57c2d3a7b3b41ed nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:24 p.m.