Triple

T16499484
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fly E400764 entity
Predicate coverArtPhotographer P12333 FINISHED
Object Iain Macmillan
Iain Macmillan was a Scottish photographer best known for shooting iconic album covers, most famously the Beatles’ Abbey Road.
E1225738 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: Iain Macmillan | Statement: [Fly, coverArtPhotographer, Iain Macmillan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iain Macmillan
Context triple: [Fly, coverArtPhotographer, Iain Macmillan]
  • A. Ian McMillan
    Ian McMillan is a British poet, broadcaster, and writer known for his lively performances and long-running BBC Radio 3 show "The Verb."
  • B. James MacInnes
    James MacInnes is a screenwriter known for co-writing the historical epic film "Outlaw King."
  • C. Norman MacLeod
    Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
  • D. Ian McDougall
    Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
  • E. David MacLean
    David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
  • 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: Iain Macmillan
Triple: [Fly, coverArtPhotographer, Iain Macmillan]
Generated description
Iain Macmillan was a Scottish photographer best known for shooting iconic album covers, most famously the Beatles’ Abbey Road.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iain Macmillan
Target entity description: Iain Macmillan was a Scottish photographer best known for shooting iconic album covers, most famously the Beatles’ Abbey Road.
  • A. Ian McMillan
    Ian McMillan is a British poet, broadcaster, and writer known for his lively performances and long-running BBC Radio 3 show "The Verb."
  • B. James MacInnes
    James MacInnes is a screenwriter known for co-writing the historical epic film "Outlaw King."
  • C. Norman MacLeod
    Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
  • D. Ian McDougall
    Ian McDougall is an Australian architect best known as a founding director of the influential firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM), recognized for its bold and unconventional public architecture.
  • E. David MacLean
    David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
  • 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_69d88381f6148190819958a038be990e completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32e35b96881908c9d339eea9e4314 completed April 18, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0084ac013c81909ce7055de4f12e58 completed May 10, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a008558218c8190b0e72356ae52afd2 completed May 10, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a008624706881909e9a265a37eeb3fc completed May 10, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:14 a.m.