Triple

T1937555
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MCI Inc. E41476 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William G. McGowan
William G. McGowan was an American businessman best known for transforming MCI into a major telecommunications competitor to AT&T and helping to deregulate the U.S. long-distance phone industry.
 E403130 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: William G. McGowan | Statement: [MCI Inc., foundedBy, William G. McGowan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William G. McGowan
Context triple: [MCI Inc., foundedBy, William G. McGowan]
  • A. Patrick H. McCarren
    Patrick H. McCarren was a prominent early 20th-century Brooklyn politician and New York State senator known for his influence in local Democratic Party politics.
  • B. John McGowan
    John McGowan was a writer whose work served as the basis for the 1943 musical film "Girl Crazy."
  • C. George H. Fallon
    George H. Fallon was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland known for his influential role in shaping national transportation policy, including major federal highway legislation.
  • D. Joseph A. McDonough
    Joseph A. McDonough was a Hollywood film assistant director recognized in the 1930s for his award-winning work in the early years of the Academy Awards.
  • E. James K. Boyce
    James K. Boyce is an American economist known for his work on environmental economics, inequality, and the political economy of development.
  • 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: William G. McGowan
Triple: [MCI Inc., foundedBy, William G. McGowan]
Generated description
William G. McGowan was an American businessman best known for transforming MCI into a major telecommunications competitor to AT&T and helping to deregulate the U.S. long-distance phone industry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William G. McGowan
Target entity description: William G. McGowan was an American businessman best known for transforming MCI into a major telecommunications competitor to AT&T and helping to deregulate the U.S. long-distance phone industry.
  • A. Patrick H. McCarren
    Patrick H. McCarren was a prominent early 20th-century Brooklyn politician and New York State senator known for his influence in local Democratic Party politics.
  • B. John McGowan
    John McGowan was a writer whose work served as the basis for the 1943 musical film "Girl Crazy."
  • C. George H. Fallon
    George H. Fallon was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland known for his influential role in shaping national transportation policy, including major federal highway legislation.
  • D. Joseph A. McDonough
    Joseph A. McDonough was a Hollywood film assistant director recognized in the 1930s for his award-winning work in the early years of the Academy Awards.
  • E. James K. Boyce
    James K. Boyce is an American economist known for his work on environmental economics, inequality, and the political economy of development.
  • 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_69a88649b24c819080047f26b6db2ded completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb2c752fc81909baf38ff1cdeb18c completed March 7, 2026, 5:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b53fc112688190be32ad336ebba91e completed March 14, 2026, 11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54111e5188190ab8ec23124c22981 completed March 14, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54193105c81909e2a4e368aae36e8 completed March 14, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.