Triple

T8899714
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McCulloch E211899 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object J. R. McCulloch
J. R. McCulloch was a 19th-century Scottish economist known for his influential work in classical economics and for popularizing the ideas of David Ricardo.
E803698 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: J. R. McCulloch | Statement: [McCulloch, hasNotableBearer, J. R. McCulloch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. R. McCulloch
Context triple: [McCulloch, hasNotableBearer, J. R. McCulloch]
  • A. Andrew D. McCulloch
    Andrew D. McCulloch is a biomedical engineer known for his work in computational modeling of the heart and cardiovascular system.
  • B. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Robert J. Wynne
    Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
  • D. John W. Robertson
    John W. Robertson was an artist associated with the Cullercoats artist colony, a noted 19th-century community of painters on the northeast coast of England.
  • E. Porter J. McCumber
    Porter J. McCumber was an American Republican senator from North Dakota best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922.
  • 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: J. R. McCulloch
Triple: [McCulloch, hasNotableBearer, J. R. McCulloch]
Generated description
J. R. McCulloch was a 19th-century Scottish economist known for his influential work in classical economics and for popularizing the ideas of David Ricardo.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. R. McCulloch
Target entity description: J. R. McCulloch was a 19th-century Scottish economist known for his influential work in classical economics and for popularizing the ideas of David Ricardo.
  • A. Andrew D. McCulloch
    Andrew D. McCulloch is a biomedical engineer known for his work in computational modeling of the heart and cardiovascular system.
  • B. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Robert J. Wynne
    Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
  • D. John W. Robertson
    John W. Robertson was an artist associated with the Cullercoats artist colony, a noted 19th-century community of painters on the northeast coast of England.
  • E. Porter J. McCumber
    Porter J. McCumber was an American Republican senator from North Dakota best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922.
  • 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_69ca83918d3081909b326fa3750cb8c8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc64278b208190afc3dec64ecdb0f5 completed April 1, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d139a069f881909cc59bad0f110830 completed April 4, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d13bb4e3688190aaf6a0ba117296ae completed April 4, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d13c1b8fd481909dc4a98d64301d2f completed April 4, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:54 p.m.