Triple

T16721646
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Grudge E406361 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Doug McCarthy
Doug McCarthy is the central protagonist of the horror film "The Grudge," around whom the story’s haunting and supernatural events revolve.
E1231781 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: Doug McCarthy | Statement: [The Grudge, mainCharacter, Doug McCarthy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug McCarthy
Context triple: [The Grudge, mainCharacter, Doug McCarthy]
  • A. Stephen McCauley
    Stephen McCauley is an American novelist known for his witty, character-driven fiction exploring contemporary relationships and urban life.
  • B. Tim McCarthy
    Tim McCarthy was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer best known for serving under Sir Ernest Shackleton during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Frank McCarthy
    Frank McCarthy was an American film producer and former U.S. Army officer best known for producing the acclaimed World War II biographical film "Patton."
  • E. David McCormack
    David McCormack is an Australian musician and composer best known as the frontman of the band Custard and for his television and film soundtrack work.
  • 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: Doug McCarthy
Triple: [The Grudge, mainCharacter, Doug McCarthy]
Generated description
Doug McCarthy is the central protagonist of the horror film "The Grudge," around whom the story’s haunting and supernatural events revolve.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug McCarthy
Target entity description: Doug McCarthy is the central protagonist of the horror film "The Grudge," around whom the story’s haunting and supernatural events revolve.
  • A. Stephen McCauley
    Stephen McCauley is an American novelist known for his witty, character-driven fiction exploring contemporary relationships and urban life.
  • B. Tim McCarthy
    Tim McCarthy was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer best known for serving under Sir Ernest Shackleton during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Frank McCarthy
    Frank McCarthy was an American film producer and former U.S. Army officer best known for producing the acclaimed World War II biographical film "Patton."
  • E. David McCormack
    David McCormack is an Australian musician and composer best known as the frontman of the band Custard and for his television and film soundtrack work.
  • 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_69d8838f242881908abd8bc138795886 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e38743750c81908a980372ad8f1a6a completed April 18, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00a518019881909a7c5ef344966579 completed May 10, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00a58e66cc8190b52f7281e3efeca7 completed May 10, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00a6734d008190bb0a5aa28826e73a completed May 10, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:20 a.m.