Triple

T14355109
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frank McCourt E355952 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Francis McCourt
Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his memoir "Angela's Ashes."
E1096462 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: Francis McCourt | Statement: [Frank McCourt, birthName, Francis McCourt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis McCourt
Context triple: [Frank McCourt, birthName, Francis McCourt]
  • A. Neil McCauley
    Neil McCauley is the meticulous, professional career thief portrayed by Robert De Niro in Michael Mann’s crime film "Heat."
  • B. Mona Fermoyle
    Mona Fermoyle is a central character in Henry Morton Robinson’s novel "The Cardinal," depicted as the strong-willed and emotionally complex sister of the protagonist priest.
  • C. Blaise Flannery
    Blaise Flannery is known as the child of American actress and longtime "The Bold and the Beautiful" star Susan Flannery.
  • D. Jean Fenwick
    Jean Fenwick was the sister of 1930s Hollywood film actress Marian Marsh and a member of the same entertainment-oriented family.
  • E. Emer McCourt
    Emer McCourt is a British actress best known for her work in socially conscious films, including a leading role in Ken Loach’s 1991 drama "Riff-Raff."
  • 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: Francis McCourt
Triple: [Frank McCourt, birthName, Francis McCourt]
Generated description
Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his memoir "Angela's Ashes."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis McCourt
Target entity description: Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his memoir "Angela's Ashes."
  • A. Neil McCauley
    Neil McCauley is the meticulous, professional career thief portrayed by Robert De Niro in Michael Mann’s crime film "Heat."
  • B. Mona Fermoyle
    Mona Fermoyle is a central character in Henry Morton Robinson’s novel "The Cardinal," depicted as the strong-willed and emotionally complex sister of the protagonist priest.
  • C. Blaise Flannery
    Blaise Flannery is known as the child of American actress and longtime "The Bold and the Beautiful" star Susan Flannery.
  • D. Jean Fenwick
    Jean Fenwick was the sister of 1930s Hollywood film actress Marian Marsh and a member of the same entertainment-oriented family.
  • E. Emer McCourt
    Emer McCourt is a British actress best known for her work in socially conscious films, including a leading role in Ken Loach’s 1991 drama "Riff-Raff."
  • 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_69d82790a7e08190877e2d349b2e8d8e completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de8f519bf881908615f4d47e0f77aa completed April 14, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd4c44ff4c8190bbcc7a34b98ac330 completed May 8, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd512c32a081908e516c51d846a2c0 completed May 8, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd51e9a43c8190965bf0c7b5bbab26 completed May 8, 2026, 3 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:15 a.m.