Triple
T9658938
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ned McWherter |
E233536
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael McWherter
Michael McWherter is an American businessman and Democratic politician from Tennessee who ran for governor in 2010 and is the son of former Governor Ned McWherter.
|
E822001
|
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: Michael McWherter | Statement: [Ned McWherter, child, Michael McWherter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael McWherter Context triple: [Ned McWherter, child, Michael McWherter]
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A.
Ned McWherter
Ned McWherter was an American Democratic politician who served as the 46th governor of Tennessee and previously as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
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B.
Dan Boren
Dan Boren is an American politician and former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, known for his centrist Democratic positions and service in a prominent political family.
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C.
Thomas A. Shannon Jr.
Thomas A. Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service officer who has held several senior positions in U.S. foreign policy, including serving as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
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D.
Joseph W. Byrns
Joseph W. Byrns was an American Democratic politician from Tennessee who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the mid-1930s.
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E.
Jefferson Thomas
Jefferson Thomas was an American civil rights figure best known as one of the Little Rock Nine, the group of Black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
- 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: Michael McWherter Triple: [Ned McWherter, child, Michael McWherter]
Generated description
Michael McWherter is an American businessman and Democratic politician from Tennessee who ran for governor in 2010 and is the son of former Governor Ned McWherter.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael McWherter Target entity description: Michael McWherter is an American businessman and Democratic politician from Tennessee who ran for governor in 2010 and is the son of former Governor Ned McWherter.
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A.
Ned McWherter
Ned McWherter was an American Democratic politician who served as the 46th governor of Tennessee and previously as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
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B.
Dan Boren
Dan Boren is an American politician and former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, known for his centrist Democratic positions and service in a prominent political family.
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C.
Thomas A. Shannon Jr.
Thomas A. Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service officer who has held several senior positions in U.S. foreign policy, including serving as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
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D.
Joseph W. Byrns
Joseph W. Byrns was an American Democratic politician from Tennessee who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the mid-1930s.
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E.
Jefferson Thomas
Jefferson Thomas was an American civil rights figure best known as one of the Little Rock Nine, the group of Black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
- 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_69ca848c1ba88190b84b410cd14627fc |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9bdfc3b08190835e86ff99663214 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1c3ffbf848190a3e444068fea0a4b |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1c4fc4cc88190b020f672b9f9ba27 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1c5a1cfb08190b6c16e5309dbf2b8 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:14 p.m.