Triple

T20248285
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McLaughlin E498480 entity
Predicate hasSpellingVariant P457 FINISHED
Object McGlothlin
McGlothlin is a surname, a spelling variant of McLaughlin, typically of Irish or Scottish origin.
 E1421130 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: McGlothlin | Statement: [McLaughlin, hasSpellingVariant, McGlothlin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McGlothlin
Context triple: [McLaughlin, hasSpellingVariant, McGlothlin]
  • A. McNiven
    McNiven is a surname of likely Scottish or Irish origin, often considered a variant of the name Niven.
  • B. Chabot
    Chabot is a surname most notably associated with Anthony Chabot, a 19th-century entrepreneur and pioneer in California’s water supply and hydraulic mining industries.
  • C. Borucki
    Borucki is the surname of William J. Borucki, an American space scientist known for his pioneering work on NASA’s Kepler mission to discover exoplanets.
  • D. McNutt
    McNutt is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including American politician and diplomat Paul V. McNutt.
  • E. Gwynne
    Gwynne is a surname of Welsh origin borne by various notable individuals, including actors, writers, and public figures.
  • 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: McGlothlin
Triple: [McLaughlin, hasSpellingVariant, McGlothlin]
Generated description
McGlothlin is a surname, a spelling variant of McLaughlin, typically of Irish or Scottish origin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: McGlothlin
Target entity description: McGlothlin is a surname, a spelling variant of McLaughlin, typically of Irish or Scottish origin.
  • A. McNiven
    McNiven is a surname of likely Scottish or Irish origin, often considered a variant of the name Niven.
  • B. Chabot
    Chabot is a surname most notably associated with Anthony Chabot, a 19th-century entrepreneur and pioneer in California’s water supply and hydraulic mining industries.
  • C. Borucki
    Borucki is the surname of William J. Borucki, an American space scientist known for his pioneering work on NASA’s Kepler mission to discover exoplanets.
  • D. McNutt
    McNutt is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including American politician and diplomat Paul V. McNutt.
  • E. Gwynne
    Gwynne is a surname of Welsh origin borne by various notable individuals, including actors, writers, and public figures.
  • 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_69da6274c58c81909c646eabed6f4f30 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e673a5ce4081908dff86ed4c613fd6 completed April 20, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08552409988190978640c4190dccd3 completed May 16, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0856ac50e081909c8bc737e4fe6e56 completed May 16, 2026, 11:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a085746f2f08190a703a832f5867c7b completed May 16, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:40 p.m.