Triple

T12169726
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Princes’ Gates E289925 entity
Predicate sculptor P184 FINISHED
Object Charles D. McKechnie
Charles D. McKechnie was a sculptor best known for creating the monumental sculptural work adorning Toronto’s historic Princes’ Gates.
E1393540 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: Charles D. McKechnie | Statement: [Princes’ Gates, sculptor, Charles D. McKechnie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles D. McKechnie
Context triple: [Princes’ Gates, sculptor, Charles D. McKechnie]
  • A. Thomas L. Blanton
    Thomas L. Blanton was an early 20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his long service in Congress and involvement in regional political affairs.
  • B. Oscar E. Teagarden
    Oscar E. Teagarden was a judge who served on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, contributing to the development of U.S. customs and patent law.
  • C. James M. McHaney
    James M. McHaney was an American lawyer who served as a chief prosecutor in several post-World War II Nuremberg war crimes trials.
  • D. William A. Guthrie
    William A. Guthrie was an American businessman best known for establishing the influential American Tobacco Company during the late 19th century.
  • E. Carl J. Kilpatrick
    Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • 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: Charles D. McKechnie
Triple: [Princes’ Gates, sculptor, Charles D. McKechnie]
Generated description
Charles D. McKechnie was a sculptor best known for creating the monumental sculptural work adorning Toronto’s historic Princes’ Gates.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles D. McKechnie
Target entity description: Charles D. McKechnie was a sculptor best known for creating the monumental sculptural work adorning Toronto’s historic Princes’ Gates.
  • A. Thomas L. Blanton
    Thomas L. Blanton was an early 20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his long service in Congress and involvement in regional political affairs.
  • B. Oscar E. Teagarden
    Oscar E. Teagarden was a judge who served on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, contributing to the development of U.S. customs and patent law.
  • C. James M. McHaney
    James M. McHaney was an American lawyer who served as a chief prosecutor in several post-World War II Nuremberg war crimes trials.
  • D. William A. Guthrie
    William A. Guthrie was an American businessman best known for establishing the influential American Tobacco Company during the late 19th century.
  • E. Carl J. Kilpatrick
    Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • 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_69d6ab4d6c00819095a9a7c35de83cfb completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915d9659481909c75b12aa836bbf3 completed April 10, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07bd4725608190b1af4b9d64e362a8 completed May 16, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07bdd25abc81908dac2444f7a9625e completed May 16, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07be58e4088190a01c67b21b5ca34d completed May 16, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.