Triple

T18046941
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael McShane E431803 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McShane
McShane is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, politics, and sports.
 E1302745 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: McShane | Statement: [Michael McShane, familyName, McShane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McShane
Context triple: [Michael McShane, familyName, McShane]
  • A. Matthau
    Matthau is a surname most famously associated with American actor Walter Matthau and his family, including his son, director Charles Matthau.
  • B. Colan
    Colan is a surname most notably associated with Gene Colan, an influential American comic book artist known for his work with Marvel and DC Comics.
  • C. Mahony
    Mahony is the surname of Marion Mahony Griffin, a pioneering American architect and one of the first licensed female architects in the world.
  • D. Moneague
    Moneague is a rural village in Jamaica known for its karst landscape, seasonal lake, and location along the main road through Saint Ann Parish.
  • E. Mossman
    Mossman is a small town in Far North Queensland, Australia, known as a gateway to the Daintree Rainforest and the nearby Mossman Gorge.
  • 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: McShane
Triple: [Michael McShane, familyName, McShane]
Generated description
McShane is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, politics, and sports.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McShane
Target entity description: McShane is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, politics, and sports.
  • A. Matthau
    Matthau is a surname most famously associated with American actor Walter Matthau and his family, including his son, director Charles Matthau.
  • B. Colan
    Colan is a surname most notably associated with Gene Colan, an influential American comic book artist known for his work with Marvel and DC Comics.
  • C. Mahony
    Mahony is the surname of Marion Mahony Griffin, a pioneering American architect and one of the first licensed female architects in the world.
  • D. Moneague
    Moneague is a rural village in Jamaica known for its karst landscape, seasonal lake, and location along the main road through Saint Ann Parish.
  • E. Mossman
    Mossman is a small town in Far North Queensland, Australia, known as a gateway to the Daintree Rainforest and the nearby Mossman Gorge.
  • 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_69d8b906482481908183315b9ecf9994 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4bff2d3c48190875ffe9c042d3ec0 completed April 19, 2026, 11:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0349bd7b288190b6b5f2548379d280 completed May 12, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a034b81d3a4819087f9ead00f13635e completed May 12, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a034c190a58819096c77a2254511256 completed May 12, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:25 a.m.