Triple

T7977907
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Margaret Millar E185491 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Kenneth Millar
Kenneth Millar, better known by his pen name Ross Macdonald, was a Canadian-American crime writer renowned for his influential Lew Archer detective novels.
 E712170 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: Kenneth Millar | Statement: [Margaret Millar, spouse, Kenneth Millar]

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: Kenneth Millar
Context triple: [Margaret Millar, spouse, Kenneth Millar]
  • A. Ray McKinnon
    Ray McKinnon is an American actor, writer, producer, and director known for his character roles in film and television and for creating the acclaimed series "Rectify."
  • B. David McMillan
    David McMillan is the son of Nobel Prize–winning American physicist Edwin McMillan.
  • C. Kenny Hyslop
    Kenny Hyslop is a Scottish drummer best known for his work with the rock band Simple Minds and his contributions to the UK new wave scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • D. Ken Ralston
    Ken Ralston is an acclaimed visual effects supervisor known for his groundbreaking work on major films such as the Star Wars and Back to the Future series.
  • E. Kenneth McMillan
    Kenneth McMillan is a computer scientist known for his influential work in model checking and formal verification.
  • 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: Kenneth Millar
Target entity description: Kenneth Millar, better known by his pen name Ross Macdonald, was a Canadian-American crime writer renowned for his influential Lew Archer detective novels.
  • A. Ray McKinnon
    Ray McKinnon is an American actor, writer, producer, and director known for his character roles in film and television and for creating the acclaimed series "Rectify."
  • B. David McMillan
    David McMillan is the son of Nobel Prize–winning American physicist Edwin McMillan.
  • C. Kenny Hyslop
    Kenny Hyslop is a Scottish drummer best known for his work with the rock band Simple Minds and his contributions to the UK new wave scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • D. Ken Ralston
    Ken Ralston is an acclaimed visual effects supervisor known for his groundbreaking work on major films such as the Star Wars and Back to the Future series.
  • E. Kenneth McMillan
    Kenneth McMillan is a computer scientist known for his influential work in model checking and formal verification.
  • 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: Kenneth Millar
Triple: [Margaret Millar, spouse, Kenneth Millar]
Generated description
Kenneth Millar, better known by his pen name Ross Macdonald, was a Canadian-American crime writer renowned for his influential Lew Archer detective novels.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca829851908190b4e03829353ee7c3 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb3bf84b1081908e60a556d984aad6 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cc938ffbb481908c4540e560469777 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cc964c6b308190ae121072b1180268 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cc955542fc8190a84be60f4efea915 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:14 p.m.