Triple

T2019422
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mac Giolla Phádraig E44069 entity
Predicate etymologicalElementMeaning P15774 FINISHED
Object Mac means son
"Mac means son" refers to the Gaelic patronymic prefix "Mac," commonly used in Irish and Scottish surnames to denote "son of."
E224679 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Mac means son | Statement: [Mac Giolla Phádraig, etymologicalElementMeaning, Mac means son]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mac means son
Context triple: [Mac Giolla Phádraig, etymologicalElementMeaning, Mac means son]
  • A. Supermac
    Supermac is the popular nickname of Harold Macmillan, the Conservative British Prime Minister who led the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963 during a period of postwar prosperity.
  • B. Max
    Max is a masculine given name commonly used in German- and English-speaking countries, often as a short form of Maximilian or Maxwell.
  • C. Max
    Max is a subscription-based streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery that offers a wide range of films, series, and original programming.
  • D. Micheal
    Micheal is a given name, typically a variant spelling of the more common name Michael.
  • E. MAC
    MAC is the acronym for the Military Armistice Commission, the body responsible for supervising the implementation of the Korean Armistice Agreement.
  • 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: Mac means son
Triple: [Mac Giolla Phádraig, etymologicalElementMeaning, Mac means son]
Generated description
"Mac means son" refers to the Gaelic patronymic prefix "Mac," commonly used in Irish and Scottish surnames to denote "son of."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mac means son
Target entity description: "Mac means son" refers to the Gaelic patronymic prefix "Mac," commonly used in Irish and Scottish surnames to denote "son of."
  • A. Supermac
    Supermac is the popular nickname of Harold Macmillan, the Conservative British Prime Minister who led the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963 during a period of postwar prosperity.
  • B. Max
    Max is a masculine given name commonly used in German- and English-speaking countries, often as a short form of Maximilian or Maxwell.
  • C. Max
    Max is a subscription-based streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery that offers a wide range of films, series, and original programming.
  • D. Micheal
    Micheal is a given name, typically a variant spelling of the more common name Michael.
  • E. MAC
    MAC is the acronym for the Military Armistice Commission, the body responsible for supervising the implementation of the Korean Armistice Agreement.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: etymologicalElementMeaning
Context triple: [Mac Giolla Phádraig, etymologicalElementMeaning, Mac means son]
  • A. etymologicalRootMeaning
    Indicates that one term’s meaning originates from or is derived from the historical or original meaning of another term.
  • B. etymologicalSource
    Indicates that one term or name originates from, is derived from, or has its roots in another term or name.
  • C. etymologyPossibleMeaning chosen
    Indicates a possible or hypothesized meaning that an etymological analysis suggests for a word or term.
  • D. etymologicalLanguage
    Indicates the language from which a word or term is historically derived in its etymology.
  • E. etymologyType
    Indicates the specific kind or category of etymological relationship that links a term to its linguistic origin or source.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a8891201bc8190aca837be6de41579 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb8cfa5c88190b55bce5db968665b completed March 7, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae0af3f484819085e18a1f9c2e7f9a completed March 8, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae0b78340c8190897a8cbba418cb00 completed March 8, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0c01b30c81908394e31aa3238bfa completed March 8, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abb7a389408190a84a54856352f15b completed March 7, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.