Triple
T12596587
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Virginia Commonwealth Rams women’s basketball |
E300747
|
entity |
| Predicate | athleticDirector |
P745
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ed McLaughlin
Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
|
E1061479
|
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: Ed McLaughlin | Statement: [Virginia Commonwealth Rams women’s basketball, athleticDirector, Ed McLaughlin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed McLaughlin Context triple: [Virginia Commonwealth Rams women’s basketball, athleticDirector, Ed McLaughlin]
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A.
Ed McCauley
Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
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B.
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.
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C.
Hugh McDermott
Hugh McDermott was a Scottish actor known for his supporting roles in British films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
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.
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E.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
- 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: Ed McLaughlin Triple: [Virginia Commonwealth Rams women’s basketball, athleticDirector, Ed McLaughlin]
Generated description
Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed McLaughlin Target entity description: Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
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A.
Ed McCauley
Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Hugh McDermott
Hugh McDermott was a Scottish actor known for his supporting roles in British films of the 1930s and 1940s.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
- 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_69d7bdea2ca881908f379526c13b1145 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d954cf33b88190bff339fcd3142cc8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7b05474bc8190a42e2a9540055c47 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7b11b824881909ed068c7d608d956 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7b1e0ab948190a046a68aa5e029a6 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:36 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:08 p.m.