Triple
T8302738
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mayor of Burnaby |
E194385
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHolder |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald is a Canadian municipal politician who served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
|
E748211
|
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: Charles MacDonald | Statement: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, Charles MacDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles MacDonald Context triple: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, Charles MacDonald]
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A.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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B.
Philip MacDonald
Philip MacDonald was a British-born novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery fiction and his contributions to classic Hollywood films.
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C.
Alexander Macmillan
Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
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D.
Richard Macdonald
Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
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E.
Gordon MacDonald
Gordon MacDonald is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, as well as his long-term relationship with actress Holly Hunter.
- 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: Charles MacDonald Triple: [Mayor of Burnaby, officeHolder, Charles MacDonald]
Generated description
Charles MacDonald is a Canadian municipal politician who served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles MacDonald Target entity description: Charles MacDonald is a Canadian municipal politician who served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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A.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
-
B.
Philip MacDonald
Philip MacDonald was a British-born novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery fiction and his contributions to classic Hollywood films.
-
C.
Alexander Macmillan
Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
-
D.
Richard Macdonald
Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
-
E.
Gordon MacDonald
Gordon MacDonald is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, as well as his long-term relationship with actress Holly Hunter.
- 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_69ca82e613e88190bf8139669bbd0d53 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7e8a45348190a7895b33abcb64c9 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:58 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cecc2137c88190ad5949df5a7487f2 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 8:05 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cece14193081909e7b36f5b5b7da40 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 8:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cecee1db28819095f704b96b8c6d2a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 8:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:53 p.m.