Triple

T19160282
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Merry Macs E469034 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Joe McMichael
Joe McMichael was a member of The Merry Macs, an American vocal group popular for their close-harmony performances in the mid-20th century.
E1363107 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: Joe McMichael | Statement: [The Merry Macs, hasMember, Joe McMichael]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe McMichael
Context triple: [The Merry Macs, hasMember, Joe McMichael]
  • A. Kevin McMichael
    Kevin McMichael is a Canadian guitarist best known as a member of the rock band Cutting Crew, who achieved international success in the 1980s.
  • B. Greg McMichael
    Greg McMichael is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his role in the Atlanta Braves’ dominant bullpen during the 1990s.
  • C. Stephen Douglas McMichael
    Stephen Douglas "Steve" McMichael is a former American football defensive tackle, two-time Super Bowl champion with the Chicago Bears, and professional wrestler best known for his role in the legendary 1985 Bears defense and later tenure in WCW.
  • D. David McMichael
    David McMichael is an individual notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the surname McMichael, though no widely recognized public information further distinguishes him.
  • E. Gary McMichael
    Gary McMichael is a Northern Irish loyalist politician known for leading the Ulster Democratic Party and advocating for the peace process during the Troubles.
  • 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: Joe McMichael
Triple: [The Merry Macs, hasMember, Joe McMichael]
Generated description
Joe McMichael was a member of The Merry Macs, an American vocal group popular for their close-harmony performances in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe McMichael
Target entity description: Joe McMichael was a member of The Merry Macs, an American vocal group popular for their close-harmony performances in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Kevin McMichael
    Kevin McMichael is a Canadian guitarist best known as a member of the rock band Cutting Crew, who achieved international success in the 1980s.
  • B. Greg McMichael
    Greg McMichael is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his role in the Atlanta Braves’ dominant bullpen during the 1990s.
  • C. Stephen Douglas McMichael
    Stephen Douglas "Steve" McMichael is a former American football defensive tackle, two-time Super Bowl champion with the Chicago Bears, and professional wrestler best known for his role in the legendary 1985 Bears defense and later tenure in WCW.
  • D. David McMichael
    David McMichael is an individual notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the surname McMichael, though no widely recognized public information further distinguishes him.
  • E. Gary McMichael
    Gary McMichael is a Northern Irish loyalist politician known for leading the Ulster Democratic Party and advocating for the peace process during the Troubles.
  • 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_69d8dd084ff48190ac0f8c46ee722629 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5eebc52dc819085666dbbeea365a6 completed April 20, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a06f8aa388881909972ef33d6f8657d completed May 15, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a06f936e0b08190b614c393174ea885 completed May 15, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a06fa52fa5081908e688e253c1f8f6d completed May 15, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:06 p.m.