Triple

T17865896
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Willard Mack E446700 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Charles Willard McLaughlin
Charles Willard McLaughlin, better known as Willard Mack, was a Canadian-born American playwright, actor, and director prominent in early 20th-century theater and film.
 E1316886 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: Charles Willard McLaughlin | Statement: [Willard Mack, birthName, Charles Willard McLaughlin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Willard McLaughlin
Context triple: [Willard Mack, birthName, Charles Willard McLaughlin]
  • A. James McLaughlin
    James McLaughlin was a U.S. Indian agent best known for his role in the events leading to the arrest and death of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull.
  • B. James McLaughlin
    James McLaughlin was an early 20th-century film actor known for appearing in silent-era productions such as the 1915 drama "The Warrens of Virginia."
  • C. Thomas A. Muldoon
    Thomas A. Muldoon is a film editor known for his work on the action-comedy movie "Pain & Gain."
  • D. James W. McLaughlin
    James W. McLaughlin was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for designing significant public and cultural buildings, particularly in Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • E. James E. McLaughlin
    James E. McLaughlin was an American architect best known for designing major early 20th-century sports venues, including Boston’s Braves Field.
  • 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: Charles Willard McLaughlin
Triple: [Willard Mack, birthName, Charles Willard McLaughlin]
Generated description
Charles Willard McLaughlin, better known as Willard Mack, was a Canadian-born American playwright, actor, and director prominent in early 20th-century theater and film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Charles Willard McLaughlin
Target entity description: Charles Willard McLaughlin, better known as Willard Mack, was a Canadian-born American playwright, actor, and director prominent in early 20th-century theater and film.
  • A. James McLaughlin
    James McLaughlin was a U.S. Indian agent best known for his role in the events leading to the arrest and death of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull.
  • B. James McLaughlin
    James McLaughlin was an early 20th-century film actor known for appearing in silent-era productions such as the 1915 drama "The Warrens of Virginia."
  • C. Thomas A. Muldoon
    Thomas A. Muldoon is a film editor known for his work on the action-comedy movie "Pain & Gain."
  • D. James W. McLaughlin
    James W. McLaughlin was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for designing significant public and cultural buildings, particularly in Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • E. James E. McLaughlin
    James E. McLaughlin was an American architect best known for designing major early 20th-century sports venues, including Boston’s Braves Field.
  • 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_69d8b9f4c22c819093c2680434472894 completed April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e49793a2588190bb341ac606d767fe completed April 19, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03bb4157408190bbdd21e8c46f547c completed May 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03bc634e948190bc507cc359262736 completed May 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03bd792b7c8190a41cccc308e252ad completed May 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:17 a.m.