Triple

T15358321
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 2014 New Jersey Turnpike collision E367220 entity
Predicate involvedParty P15562 FINISHED
Object James McNair
James McNair was an American comedian and writer best known for his work with Tracy Morgan and for tragically losing his life in the 2014 New Jersey Turnpike crash involving Morgan’s vehicle.
E1153183 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: James McNair | Statement: [2014 New Jersey Turnpike collision, involvedParty, James McNair]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James McNair
Context triple: [2014 New Jersey Turnpike collision, involvedParty, James McNair]
  • A. Charles R. Floyd
    Charles R. Floyd was a person significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Charles City, Iowa, was named in his honor.
  • B. Marquis Grissom
    Marquis Grissom is a former Major League Baseball center fielder known for his speed, defense, and clutch postseason performances during the 1990s.
  • C. Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.
    Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was an American Air Force officer and the first African American selected as an astronaut, remembered as a pioneering figure in U.S. space history.
  • D. Samuel Byck
    Samuel Byck was a disillusioned American salesman who infamously attempted to hijack a plane in 1974 as part of a failed plot to assassinate President Richard Nixon.
  • E. Marty Stratton
    Marty Stratton is a video game director and producer best known for leading id Software’s modern Doom series, including the critically acclaimed Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal.
  • 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: James McNair
Triple: [2014 New Jersey Turnpike collision, involvedParty, James McNair]
Generated description
James McNair was an American comedian and writer best known for his work with Tracy Morgan and for tragically losing his life in the 2014 New Jersey Turnpike crash involving Morgan’s vehicle.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James McNair
Target entity description: James McNair was an American comedian and writer best known for his work with Tracy Morgan and for tragically losing his life in the 2014 New Jersey Turnpike crash involving Morgan’s vehicle.
  • A. Charles R. Floyd
    Charles R. Floyd was a person significant enough in local or regional history that the city of Charles City, Iowa, was named in his honor.
  • B. Marquis Grissom
    Marquis Grissom is a former Major League Baseball center fielder known for his speed, defense, and clutch postseason performances during the 1990s.
  • C. Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.
    Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was an American Air Force officer and the first African American selected as an astronaut, remembered as a pioneering figure in U.S. space history.
  • D. Samuel Byck
    Samuel Byck was a disillusioned American salesman who infamously attempted to hijack a plane in 1974 as part of a failed plot to assassinate President Richard Nixon.
  • E. Marty Stratton
    Marty Stratton is a video game director and producer best known for leading id Software’s modern Doom series, including the critically acclaimed Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal.
  • 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_69d85a1483788190ad93c2748e8af34b completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03e2d4934819097fc63603964217c completed April 16, 2026, 1:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff0b47f20081909ef7b077458d1510 completed May 9, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff0dde2ec48190aac70b0513fb1847 completed May 9, 2026, 10:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff0e5eabf08190811d8a91bfe0de76 completed May 9, 2026, 10:37 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:18 a.m.