Triple

T17060343
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michigan State Normal School E413938 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Elijah McCoy
Elijah McCoy was a Canadian-born African American inventor and engineer best known for his innovative automatic lubrication systems for steam engines, which led to the popular phrase “the real McCoy.”
E1248685 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: Elijah McCoy | Statement: [Michigan State Normal School, hasNotableAlumni, Elijah McCoy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elijah McCoy
Context triple: [Michigan State Normal School, hasNotableAlumni, Elijah McCoy]
  • A. Charles F. Kettering
    Charles F. Kettering was an influential American inventor and engineer best known for developing the electric self-starter for automobiles and leading research at General Motors.
  • B. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • C. Garrett A. Morgan
    Garrett A. Morgan was an African-American inventor and entrepreneur best known for creating a traffic signal and a safety hood that was an early form of the gas mask.
  • D. Henry C. Pelton
    Henry C. Pelton was an American architect best known for co-designing New York City's landmark Riverside Church in the Gothic Revival style.
  • E. Edward C. Judson
    Edward C. Judson was an American businessman and film promoter best known as the first husband and early career manager of Hollywood star Rita Hayworth.
  • 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: Elijah McCoy
Triple: [Michigan State Normal School, hasNotableAlumni, Elijah McCoy]
Generated description
Elijah McCoy was a Canadian-born African American inventor and engineer best known for his innovative automatic lubrication systems for steam engines, which led to the popular phrase “the real McCoy.”
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elijah McCoy
Target entity description: Elijah McCoy was a Canadian-born African American inventor and engineer best known for his innovative automatic lubrication systems for steam engines, which led to the popular phrase “the real McCoy.”
  • A. Charles F. Kettering
    Charles F. Kettering was an influential American inventor and engineer best known for developing the electric self-starter for automobiles and leading research at General Motors.
  • B. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • C. Garrett A. Morgan
    Garrett A. Morgan was an African-American inventor and entrepreneur best known for creating a traffic signal and a safety hood that was an early form of the gas mask.
  • D. Henry C. Pelton
    Henry C. Pelton was an American architect best known for co-designing New York City's landmark Riverside Church in the Gothic Revival style.
  • E. Edward C. Judson
    Edward C. Judson was an American businessman and film promoter best known as the first husband and early career manager of Hollywood star Rita Hayworth.
  • 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_69d886cde3d481908d4d01ba88ba7eb7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3db7d2dc48190816388570fa31c2e completed April 18, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a012349b2c88190a5c5e06a5cae1ac5 completed May 11, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a012585a1548190a112f55e2d84ccac completed May 11, 2026, 12:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0126536c348190b9b2eadb4969f8c2 completed May 11, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.