Triple

T21975789
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. E. H. MacDonald E542700 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Thoreau MacDonald — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Thoreau MacDonald | Statement: [J. E. H. MacDonald, child, Thoreau MacDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thoreau MacDonald
Context triple: [J. E. H. MacDonald, child, Thoreau MacDonald]
  • A. Quincy Joseph Thoreau Hanson
    Quincy Joseph Thoreau Hanson is a child of musician Zach Hanson, the youngest member of the pop-rock band Hanson.
  • B. William Garrett Walden
    William Garrett Walden is an individual whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly identifiable from the given information.
  • C. William Garrett Walden
    William Garrett Walden is an American musician and composer best known for creating the scores for numerous popular television series, including "The West Wing," "Thirtysomething," and "Friday Night Lights."
  • D. Owen Thoreau Jr.
    Owen Thoreau Jr. is a central character in the dramedy series "Men of a Certain Age," portrayed as a middle-aged, mild-mannered family man navigating personal and professional challenges.
  • E. A. Wallis Mills
    A. Wallis Mills was an illustrator known for his artwork in late 19th- and early 20th-century publications, including classic fairy tale collections.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thoreau MacDonald
Target entity description: Thoreau MacDonald was a Canadian illustrator, graphic artist, and designer known for his distinctive black-and-white book illustrations and contributions to Canadian visual culture.
  • A. Quincy Joseph Thoreau Hanson
    Quincy Joseph Thoreau Hanson is a child of musician Zach Hanson, the youngest member of the pop-rock band Hanson.
  • B. William Garrett Walden
    William Garrett Walden is an individual whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly identifiable from the given information.
  • C. William Garrett Walden
    William Garrett Walden is an American musician and composer best known for creating the scores for numerous popular television series, including "The West Wing," "Thirtysomething," and "Friday Night Lights."
  • D. Owen Thoreau Jr.
    Owen Thoreau Jr. is a central character in the dramedy series "Men of a Certain Age," portrayed as a middle-aged, mild-mannered family man navigating personal and professional challenges.
  • E. A. Wallis Mills
    A. Wallis Mills was an illustrator known for his artwork in late 19th- and early 20th-century publications, including classic fairy tale collections.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69e0c48070988190909db97667b9a0ac completed April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f124886418819091daed0988432350 completed April 28, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:03 p.m.