Triple

T8768311
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wendy Whelan E208391 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Whelan
Whelan is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as the arts, sports, and politics.
 E756727 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: Whelan | Statement: [Wendy Whelan, familyName, Whelan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Whelan
Context triple: [Wendy Whelan, familyName, Whelan]
  • A. Gary Whelan
    Gary Whelan is an English drummer best known for his work with the influential Madchester band Happy Mondays.
  • B. Tim Whelan
    Tim Whelan was a British film director and screenwriter known for his work in early Hollywood and British cinema, including comedies and adventure films in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • C. Welch
    Welch is a small city in southern West Virginia known historically as a coal-mining community and the county seat of McDowell County.
  • D. Welch
    Welch is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, science, and politics.
  • E. Whalen
    Whalen is a surname most notably associated with Lindsay Whalen, a former professional basketball player and coach.
  • 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: Whelan
Triple: [Wendy Whelan, familyName, Whelan]
Generated description
Whelan is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as the arts, sports, and politics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Whelan
Target entity description: Whelan is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as the arts, sports, and politics.
  • A. Gary Whelan
    Gary Whelan is an English drummer best known for his work with the influential Madchester band Happy Mondays.
  • B. Tim Whelan
    Tim Whelan was a British film director and screenwriter known for his work in early Hollywood and British cinema, including comedies and adventure films in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • C. Welch
    Welch is a small city in southern West Virginia known historically as a coal-mining community and the county seat of McDowell County.
  • D. Welch
    Welch is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, science, and politics.
  • E. Whalen
    Whalen is a surname most notably associated with Lindsay Whalen, a former professional basketball player and coach.
  • 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_69ca835edb4481909b4aafb616dc5eb7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5eec49708190ba760d81a7974c50 completed March 31, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf51a78a98819083ed4e214cd1fd22 completed April 3, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf5323b7c08190819de236e01ce9d3 completed April 3, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf54a056408190bd536f79e3ec33be completed April 3, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:41 p.m.