Triple
T7800526
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John S. McCain Sr. |
E180417
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRelative |
P367
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John S. McCain Jr.
John S. McCain Jr. was a United States Navy admiral who served as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command during the Vietnam War and was the father of Senator John McCain.
|
E180417
|
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: John S. McCain Jr. | Statement: [John S. McCain Sr., hasRelative, John S. McCain Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John S. McCain Jr. Context triple: [John S. McCain Sr., hasRelative, John S. McCain Jr.]
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A.
John Sidney McCain IV
John Sidney McCain IV is the son of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, known primarily as a member of the prominent McCain political family.
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B.
John McCain
John McCain was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Arizona and Vietnam War veteran who became his party’s nominee for president in 2008.
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C.
John S. McCain Sr.
John S. McCain Sr. was a U.S. Navy admiral and World War II carrier task force commander who played a key role in Pacific theater operations.
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D.
James McCain
James McCain is one of the children of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
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E.
Alan Keyes
Alan Keyes is a conservative American political activist, former diplomat, and frequent Republican presidential candidate known for his outspoken views on social and moral issues.
- 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: John S. McCain Jr. Triple: [John S. McCain Sr., hasRelative, John S. McCain Jr.]
Generated description
John S. McCain Jr. was a United States Navy admiral who served as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command during the Vietnam War and was the father of Senator John McCain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John S. McCain Jr. Target entity description: John S. McCain Jr. was a United States Navy admiral who served as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command during the Vietnam War and was the father of Senator John McCain.
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A.
John Sidney McCain IV
John Sidney McCain IV is the son of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, known primarily as a member of the prominent McCain political family.
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B.
John McCain
John McCain was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Arizona and Vietnam War veteran who became his party’s nominee for president in 2008.
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C.
John S. McCain Sr.
chosen
John S. McCain Sr. was a U.S. Navy admiral and World War II carrier task force commander who played a key role in Pacific theater operations.
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D.
James McCain
James McCain is one of the children of the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
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E.
Alan Keyes
Alan Keyes is a conservative American political activist, former diplomat, and frequent Republican presidential candidate known for his outspoken views on social and moral issues.
- F. None of above.
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_69ca827e50cc8190a92a733577184938 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cae98765c48190b325eee67bd663fc |
completed | March 30, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cb5a24692c8190ade15140fd2b9499 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 5:22 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cb762ce6208190a24438e26ae83785 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cbb615dc248190b57b4fc7c430517f |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:33 p.m.