Triple

T12224990
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Sand Pebbles E291325 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceWork P2353 FINISHED
Object Richard McKenna
Richard McKenna was an American author and former U.S. Navy sailor best known for his novel "The Sand Pebbles," which drew on his naval experiences in China.
 E987062 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: Richard McKenna | Statement: [The Sand Pebbles, authorOfSourceWork, Richard McKenna]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard McKenna
Context triple: [The Sand Pebbles, authorOfSourceWork, Richard McKenna]
  • A. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
  • B. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is a perpetually rain-plagued lorry driver in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," humorously revealed to be a Rain God unknowingly worshipped by clouds.
  • C. Richard McGinn
    Richard McGinn is an American business executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies during the late 1990s.
  • D. Ed McHugh
    Ed McHugh is a relative of American character actor Frank McHugh, who was known for his prolific work in early 20th-century film and theater.
  • E. Douglas McGrath
    Douglas McGrath was an American screenwriter, director, and actor known for his literary adaptations and collaborations with Woody Allen.
  • 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: Richard McKenna
Triple: [The Sand Pebbles, authorOfSourceWork, Richard McKenna]
Generated description
Richard McKenna was an American author and former U.S. Navy sailor best known for his novel "The Sand Pebbles," which drew on his naval experiences in China.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard McKenna
Target entity description: Richard McKenna was an American author and former U.S. Navy sailor best known for his novel "The Sand Pebbles," which drew on his naval experiences in China.
  • A. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
  • B. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is a perpetually rain-plagued lorry driver in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," humorously revealed to be a Rain God unknowingly worshipped by clouds.
  • C. Richard McGinn
    Richard McGinn is an American business executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies during the late 1990s.
  • D. Ed McHugh
    Ed McHugh is a relative of American character actor Frank McHugh, who was known for his prolific work in early 20th-century film and theater.
  • E. Douglas McGrath
    Douglas McGrath was an American screenwriter, director, and actor known for his literary adaptations and collaborations with Woody Allen.
  • 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_69d6ab668acc8190963ba424049d6aee completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91ca11f788190bad2efb6c83ffccb completed April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f64b873c308190a2c1d02723cfa2e9 completed May 2, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64ce0ca288190bbbcb5459f914c19 completed May 2, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f64df6488481909dea8387e7000d15 completed May 2, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.