Triple

T8977666
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gloria Hatrick McLean E214434 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Edward Beale McLean Jr.
Edward Beale McLean Jr. was an American socialite and heir to the McLean family fortune, historically associated with the ownership of The Washington Post and the Hope Diamond.
 E778944 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: Edward Beale McLean Jr. | Statement: [Gloria Hatrick McLean, spouse, Edward Beale McLean Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Beale McLean Jr.
Context triple: [Gloria Hatrick McLean, spouse, Edward Beale McLean Jr.]
  • A. William W. Norton
    William W. Norton was an American publisher who co-founded the influential independent publishing house W. W. Norton & Company.
  • B. Lyman G. Bloomingdale
    Lyman G. Bloomingdale was an American businessman and co-founder of the iconic Bloomingdale’s department store, which became a landmark in New York City retail.
  • C. Benjamin Ely
    Benjamin Ely was an influential figure whose ideas and work helped shape the thought and career of educator and women's education pioneer Sophia Smith.
  • D. Arthur Q. Bryan
    Arthur Q. Bryan was an American radio and voice actor best known for originating the distinctive voice of the Looney Tunes character Elmer Fudd.
  • E. Samuel M. Comer
    Samuel M. Comer was an American film set decorator and art director known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood productions.
  • 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: Edward Beale McLean Jr.
Triple: [Gloria Hatrick McLean, spouse, Edward Beale McLean Jr.]
Generated description
Edward Beale McLean Jr. was an American socialite and heir to the McLean family fortune, historically associated with the ownership of The Washington Post and the Hope Diamond.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Beale McLean Jr.
Target entity description: Edward Beale McLean Jr. was an American socialite and heir to the McLean family fortune, historically associated with the ownership of The Washington Post and the Hope Diamond.
  • A. William W. Norton
    William W. Norton was an American publisher who co-founded the influential independent publishing house W. W. Norton & Company.
  • B. Lyman G. Bloomingdale
    Lyman G. Bloomingdale was an American businessman and co-founder of the iconic Bloomingdale’s department store, which became a landmark in New York City retail.
  • C. Benjamin Ely
    Benjamin Ely was an influential figure whose ideas and work helped shape the thought and career of educator and women's education pioneer Sophia Smith.
  • D. Arthur Q. Bryan
    Arthur Q. Bryan was an American radio and voice actor best known for originating the distinctive voice of the Looney Tunes character Elmer Fudd.
  • E. Samuel M. Comer
    Samuel M. Comer was an American film set decorator and art director known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood productions.
  • 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_69ca839ea8b88190922c6a326ffcc0d3 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc67a33c8481909125acf4b7f0a919 completed April 1, 2026, 12:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d02fb3a27081909bc8504c92d8942f completed April 3, 2026, 9:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0316f47c88190920843b469d15069 completed April 3, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d032778adc8190a087497507a6e1ca completed April 3, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:02 p.m.