Triple

T22802273
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McKinney's Cotton Pickers E564429 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William McKinney
William McKinney was an American jazz drummer and bandleader best known for leading the influential early big band McKinney's Cotton Pickers during the 1920s and 1930s.
 E1555920 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 McKinney | Statement: [McKinney's Cotton Pickers, foundedBy, William McKinney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William McKinney
Context triple: [McKinney's Cotton Pickers, foundedBy, William McKinney]
  • A. John McAllen
    John McAllen was a 19th-century rancher, merchant, and land developer whose influence in the Rio Grande Valley led to the South Texas city of McAllen being named in his honor.
  • B. Merritt McKinney
    Merritt McKinney is a charismatic mentalist and hypnotist who serves as one of the Four Horsemen illusionists in the heist thriller film "Now You See Me."
  • C. Roger Mills
    Roger Mills is a name shared by several notable individuals, including American politicians and public figures.
  • D. John Houstoun
    John Houstoun was an American lawyer and politician who served as a governor of Georgia during the late 18th century.
  • E. Bill Tilghman
    Bill Tilghman is a songwriter best known for co-writing the rock and roll classic "Rave On."
  • 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 McKinney
Triple: [McKinney's Cotton Pickers, foundedBy, William McKinney]
Generated description
William McKinney was an American jazz drummer and bandleader best known for leading the influential early big band McKinney's Cotton Pickers during the 1920s and 1930s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William McKinney
Target entity description: William McKinney was an American jazz drummer and bandleader best known for leading the influential early big band McKinney's Cotton Pickers during the 1920s and 1930s.
  • A. John McAllen
    John McAllen was a 19th-century rancher, merchant, and land developer whose influence in the Rio Grande Valley led to the South Texas city of McAllen being named in his honor.
  • B. Merritt McKinney
    Merritt McKinney is a charismatic mentalist and hypnotist who serves as one of the Four Horsemen illusionists in the heist thriller film "Now You See Me."
  • C. Roger Mills
    Roger Mills is a name shared by several notable individuals, including American politicians and public figures.
  • D. John Houstoun
    John Houstoun was an American lawyer and politician who served as a governor of Georgia during the late 18th century.
  • E. Bill Tilghman
    Bill Tilghman is a songwriter best known for co-writing the rock and roll classic "Rave On."
  • 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_69e245823f4c8190ade442cdcc2c224a completed April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17cdf1e308190a05d0f61856be544 completed April 29, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b9e99775c819091e8260f3c9da2ee completed May 18, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ba2c43ba88190bdde24a376d4f713 completed May 18, 2026, 11:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ba364e9288190b0985cfc176e5eae completed May 18, 2026, 11:40 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:31 p.m.