Triple

T14355144
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frank McCourt E355952 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Alphonsus McCourt
Alphonsus McCourt was an Irish-American writer and memoirist, known for his book "A Long Stone's Throw" and as a member of the literary McCourt family.
E1096469 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: Alphonsus McCourt | Statement: [Frank McCourt, sibling, Alphonsus McCourt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alphonsus McCourt
Context triple: [Frank McCourt, sibling, Alphonsus McCourt]
  • A. Francis O'Connor
    Francis O'Connor was a member of the O'Connor family associated with Irish political figure Feargus O'Connor, likely known primarily through this familial connection.
  • B. John Martin Feeney
    John Martin Feeney, better known as John Ford, was a highly influential American film director renowned for his Westerns and multiple Academy Award–winning dramas.
  • C. Aloysius Balfe
    Aloysius Balfe is a person notable enough to be recorded as a distinguished bearer of the surname Balfe.
  • D. Frank O'Rourke
    Frank O'Rourke was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his Westerns and crime fiction, several of which were adapted into films.
  • E. Robert Emmett O’Connor
    Robert Emmett O’Connor was an American character actor of the early 20th century, best known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films, often portraying policemen or authority figures.
  • 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: Alphonsus McCourt
Triple: [Frank McCourt, sibling, Alphonsus McCourt]
Generated description
Alphonsus McCourt was an Irish-American writer and memoirist, known for his book "A Long Stone's Throw" and as a member of the literary McCourt family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alphonsus McCourt
Target entity description: Alphonsus McCourt was an Irish-American writer and memoirist, known for his book "A Long Stone's Throw" and as a member of the literary McCourt family.
  • A. Francis O'Connor
    Francis O'Connor was a member of the O'Connor family associated with Irish political figure Feargus O'Connor, likely known primarily through this familial connection.
  • B. John Martin Feeney
    John Martin Feeney, better known as John Ford, was a highly influential American film director renowned for his Westerns and multiple Academy Award–winning dramas.
  • C. Aloysius Balfe
    Aloysius Balfe is a person notable enough to be recorded as a distinguished bearer of the surname Balfe.
  • D. Frank O'Rourke
    Frank O'Rourke was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his Westerns and crime fiction, several of which were adapted into films.
  • E. Robert Emmett O’Connor
    Robert Emmett O’Connor was an American character actor of the early 20th century, best known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films, often portraying policemen or authority figures.
  • 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.