Triple

T20666763
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Helen McLeod E507912 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Sandy McDonald
Sandy McDonald is a Scottish clergyman who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and is the father of actor David Tennant.
E1444608 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: Sandy McDonald | Statement: [Helen McLeod, spouse, Sandy McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sandy McDonald
Context triple: [Helen McLeod, spouse, Sandy McDonald]
  • A. Rona Munro
    Rona Munro is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter known for her work in theatre, film, and television, including contributions to projects such as Aimée & Jaguar and Doctor Who.
  • B. Lyn Murray
    Lyn Murray was a film and television composer and conductor best known for his work in mid-20th-century Hollywood, including scores for suspense and adventure films.
  • C. Sheila MacRae
    Sheila MacRae was a British-born American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her role as Alice Kramden on the 1960s revival of the television series "The Honeymooners."
  • D. Polly McKie
    Polly McKie is an actress known for her role in the psychological horror-thriller film "Unsane."
  • E. Shirley Donegan
    Shirley Donegan is best known as the wife of influential British skiffle musician Lonnie Donegan.
  • 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: Sandy McDonald
Triple: [Helen McLeod, spouse, Sandy McDonald]
Generated description
Sandy McDonald is a Scottish clergyman who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and is the father of actor David Tennant.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sandy McDonald
Target entity description: Sandy McDonald is a Scottish clergyman who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and is the father of actor David Tennant.
  • A. Rona Munro
    Rona Munro is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter known for her work in theatre, film, and television, including contributions to projects such as Aimée & Jaguar and Doctor Who.
  • B. Lyn Murray
    Lyn Murray was a film and television composer and conductor best known for his work in mid-20th-century Hollywood, including scores for suspense and adventure films.
  • C. Sheila MacRae
    Sheila MacRae was a British-born American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her role as Alice Kramden on the 1960s revival of the television series "The Honeymooners."
  • D. Polly McKie
    Polly McKie is an actress known for her role in the psychological horror-thriller film "Unsane."
  • E. Shirley Donegan
    Shirley Donegan is best known as the wife of influential British skiffle musician Lonnie Donegan.
  • 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_69e0b4c059bc81908ea762cd73ea4424 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6b5c39dd48190965d65537592aef6 completed April 20, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08cd5fc3e081909087414333b2615e completed May 16, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08d175eefc8190a5178c0f70f7d79f completed May 16, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08d23e8ac48190be1726c8e4913b1a completed May 16, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.