Triple

T9752838
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roddy McDowall E236481 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McDowall
McDowall is a Scottish surname most famously associated with English-American actor Roddy McDowall, known for his roles in film, television, and theater.
 E818909 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: McDowall | Statement: [Roddy McDowall, familyName, McDowall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McDowall
Context triple: [Roddy McDowall, familyName, McDowall]
  • A. McIldowie
    McIldowie is a relatively uncommon Scottish-origin surname associated with individuals such as Mr Hudson.
  • B. Laird-Clowes
    Laird-Clowes is the hyphenated surname of British musician and composer Nick Laird-Clowes, best known as the frontman of the band The Dream Academy.
  • C. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • D. Laird
    Laird is a given name of Scottish origin traditionally used as a masculine middle or first name, associated with landownership and nobility.
  • E. Craufurd
    Craufurd is an alternative spelling of the surname Crawford, historically borne by several notable Scottish families and individuals.
  • 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: McDowall
Triple: [Roddy McDowall, familyName, McDowall]
Generated description
McDowall is a Scottish surname most famously associated with English-American actor Roddy McDowall, known for his roles in film, television, and theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McDowall
Target entity description: McDowall is a Scottish surname most famously associated with English-American actor Roddy McDowall, known for his roles in film, television, and theater.
  • A. McIldowie
    McIldowie is a relatively uncommon Scottish-origin surname associated with individuals such as Mr Hudson.
  • B. Laird-Clowes
    Laird-Clowes is the hyphenated surname of British musician and composer Nick Laird-Clowes, best known as the frontman of the band The Dream Academy.
  • C. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • D. Laird
    Laird is a given name of Scottish origin traditionally used as a masculine middle or first name, associated with landownership and nobility.
  • E. Craufurd
    Craufurd is an alternative spelling of the surname Crawford, historically borne by several notable Scottish families and individuals.
  • 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_69ca84d4eddc8190996fec1417d2bae8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9fae332c8190b11f0258b5a5ae2b completed April 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1b0288b808190821287a2cc54025d completed April 5, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1b243b2d48190b4e57871dca3f38f completed April 5, 2026, 12:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1b2e335e48190b8d45097fd686c55 completed April 5, 2026, 12:54 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:24 p.m.