Triple

T234624
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The New York Times E4481 entity
Predicate managingEditor P2962 FINISHED
Object Marc Lacey
Marc Lacey is an American journalist and editor best known for serving in senior leadership roles at The New York Times, including overseeing major news coverage and editorial operations.
E134917 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: Marc Lacey | Statement: [The New York Times, managingEditor, Marc Lacey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marc Lacey
Context triple: [The New York Times, managingEditor, Marc Lacey]
  • A. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • B. Keith Fraase
    Keith Fraase is a film editor best known for his work on the movie "Chappaquiddick."
  • C. Eric Thibault
    Eric Thibault is a professional basketball coach best known for leading the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.
  • D. Jim Loscutoff
    Jim Loscutoff was an American professional basketball forward best known for his rugged defense and seven NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • E. Mark Parsons
    Mark Parsons is an English football manager best known for his successful tenure leading the Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League.
  • 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: Marc Lacey
Triple: [The New York Times, managingEditor, Marc Lacey]
Generated description
Marc Lacey is an American journalist and editor best known for serving in senior leadership roles at The New York Times, including overseeing major news coverage and editorial operations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marc Lacey
Target entity description: Marc Lacey is an American journalist and editor best known for serving in senior leadership roles at The New York Times, including overseeing major news coverage and editorial operations.
  • A. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • B. Keith Fraase
    Keith Fraase is a film editor best known for his work on the movie "Chappaquiddick."
  • C. Eric Thibault
    Eric Thibault is a professional basketball coach best known for leading the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.
  • D. Jim Loscutoff
    Jim Loscutoff was an American professional basketball forward best known for his rugged defense and seven NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • E. Mark Parsons
    Mark Parsons is an English football manager best known for his successful tenure leading the Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: managingEditor
Context triple: [The New York Times, managingEditor, Marc Lacey]
  • A. editedBy
    Indicates that one entity has revised, modified, or otherwise made editorial changes to another entity.
  • B. manager chosen
    Indicates that one entity holds a supervisory or administrative role with authority and responsibility over another entity.
  • C. draftedBy
    Indicates that something (such as a document, plan, or version) was created or written in its initial form by a particular agent or author.
  • D. notableEditor
    Indicates that an entity has served as a significant or distinguished editor of another entity, such as a publication or work.
  • E. administeredBy
    Indicates that an action, service, or process is carried out, managed, or overseen by a specified agent or authority.
  • 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25f14f72081908182e76300b59358 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac6ef352f081909bd59b3cfb6c33e5 completed March 7, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac6fd219dc8190a64dedf45383c8fa completed March 7, 2026, 6:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac703361e8819090a4789599bc8e36 completed March 7, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a25b5c8c888190b5544e687736b373 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.