Triple

T8582002
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bob MacKinnon E203203 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object MacKinnon
MacKinnon is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and academia.
 E744279 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: MacKinnon | Statement: [Bob MacKinnon, familyName, MacKinnon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacKinnon
Context triple: [Bob MacKinnon, familyName, MacKinnon]
  • A. Keir Gilchrist
    Keir Gilchrist is a Canadian actor best known for his leading roles in the TV series "Atypical" and the film "It's Kind of a Funny Story."
  • B. Walt Tkachuk
    Walt Tkachuk is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre best known for his long NHL career with the New York Rangers in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • C. Scott Malkin
    Scott Malkin is an American businessman and investor best known as a co-owner of the NHL’s New York Islanders and for his work in international retail real estate.
  • D. Al MacInnis
    Al MacInnis is a Hall of Fame Canadian defenseman renowned for his powerful slapshot and long, distinguished NHL career, primarily with the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues.
  • E. Matthew Tkachuk
    Matthew Tkachuk is an American professional ice hockey winger in the NHL known for his high-end scoring ability, physical play, and agitator style.
  • 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: MacKinnon
Triple: [Bob MacKinnon, familyName, MacKinnon]
Generated description
MacKinnon is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and academia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MacKinnon
Target entity description: MacKinnon is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and academia.
  • A. Keir Gilchrist
    Keir Gilchrist is a Canadian actor best known for his leading roles in the TV series "Atypical" and the film "It's Kind of a Funny Story."
  • B. Walt Tkachuk
    Walt Tkachuk is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre best known for his long NHL career with the New York Rangers in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • C. Scott Malkin
    Scott Malkin is an American businessman and investor best known as a co-owner of the NHL’s New York Islanders and for his work in international retail real estate.
  • D. Al MacInnis
    Al MacInnis is a Hall of Fame Canadian defenseman renowned for his powerful slapshot and long, distinguished NHL career, primarily with the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues.
  • E. Matthew Tkachuk
    Matthew Tkachuk is an American professional ice hockey winger in the NHL known for his high-end scoring ability, physical play, and agitator style.
  • 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_69ca8329bb7c8190a63c643730839103 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbeb1bbbd8819082670286a711826d completed March 31, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce89b6d7f081908eecf0dd901e6bef completed April 2, 2026, 3:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce8ac1dba48190bbad47a762130aab completed April 2, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce8eae70008190b2c7bbe4ce8d4c0a completed April 2, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:22 p.m.