Triple

T17885342
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dwayne McDuffie E447185 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McDuffie
McDuffie is a surname most notably associated with Dwayne McDuffie, an influential American comic book and animation writer and producer.
 E1294319 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: McDuffie | Statement: [Dwayne McDuffie, familyName, McDuffie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McDuffie
Context triple: [Dwayne McDuffie, familyName, McDuffie]
  • A. Calhoun
    Calhoun is a small city in northwest Georgia known for its location along Interstate 75 and its role as a commercial and historical hub of Gordon County.
  • B. Tuberville
    Tuberville is the surname of Tommy Tuberville, an American politician and former college football coach.
  • C. Heflin
    Heflin is a small city in eastern Alabama that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Cleburne County.
  • D. Colemore
    Colemore is a small rural village and civil parish in East Hampshire, England, known for its historic church and agricultural surroundings.
  • E. Talmadge
    Talmadge is an American surname notably associated with several political and public figures, including members of the Talmadge family in Georgia.
  • 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: McDuffie
Triple: [Dwayne McDuffie, familyName, McDuffie]
Generated description
McDuffie is a surname most notably associated with Dwayne McDuffie, an influential American comic book and animation writer and producer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McDuffie
Target entity description: McDuffie is a surname most notably associated with Dwayne McDuffie, an influential American comic book and animation writer and producer.
  • A. Calhoun
    Calhoun is a small city in northwest Georgia known for its location along Interstate 75 and its role as a commercial and historical hub of Gordon County.
  • B. Tuberville
    Tuberville is the surname of Tommy Tuberville, an American politician and former college football coach.
  • C. Heflin
    Heflin is a small city in eastern Alabama that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Cleburne County.
  • D. Colemore
    Colemore is a small rural village and civil parish in East Hampshire, England, known for its historic church and agricultural surroundings.
  • E. Talmadge
    Talmadge is an American surname notably associated with several political and public figures, including members of the Talmadge family in Georgia.
  • 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_69d8b9f59bd48190a6fc925a855b8bac completed April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e49c123748819091bf46178105079b completed April 19, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0313d994208190a6023cd9ba0602db completed May 12, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0314a4fa748190a63ecda792b7669a completed May 12, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0315a8d6e88190b6d532f22dd8088c completed May 12, 2026, 11:57 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:18 a.m.