Triple
T2902777
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cormac McCarthy |
E62689
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.
Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr., better known as Cormac McCarthy, was an American novelist renowned for his bleak, lyrical prose and works such as "Blood Meridian," "No Country for Old Men," and the Pulitzer Prize–winning "The Road."
|
E315633
|
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: Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. | Statement: [Cormac McCarthy, birthName, Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. Context triple: [Cormac McCarthy, birthName, Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.]
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A.
Stephen MacCarthy
Stephen MacCarthy is a member of the MacCarthy family, known primarily for his familial connection to the English literary critic and writer Desmond MacCarthy.
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B.
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Franklin McCain
Franklin McCain was a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped launch the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
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D.
Patrick McClusky
Patrick McClusky is an American local government official serving as the mayor of Homewood, Alabama.
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E.
Harold Agnew
Harold Agnew was an American physicist and weapons designer best known for his role in the Manhattan Project and later as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- 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: Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. Triple: [Cormac McCarthy, birthName, Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.]
Generated description
Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr., better known as Cormac McCarthy, was an American novelist renowned for his bleak, lyrical prose and works such as "Blood Meridian," "No Country for Old Men," and the Pulitzer Prize–winning "The Road."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. Target entity description: Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr., better known as Cormac McCarthy, was an American novelist renowned for his bleak, lyrical prose and works such as "Blood Meridian," "No Country for Old Men," and the Pulitzer Prize–winning "The Road."
-
A.
Stephen MacCarthy
Stephen MacCarthy is a member of the MacCarthy family, known primarily for his familial connection to the English literary critic and writer Desmond MacCarthy.
-
B.
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph W. Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and was a prominent congressional leader in the mid-20th century.
-
C.
Franklin McCain
Franklin McCain was a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped launch the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
-
D.
Patrick McClusky
Patrick McClusky is an American local government official serving as the mayor of Homewood, Alabama.
-
E.
Harold Agnew
Harold Agnew was an American physicist and weapons designer best known for his role in the Manhattan Project and later as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- 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_69ab4c3e070c8190b78d3d2c005876dd |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abe0b3d20881908cd4f1b465b504af |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b108ceccec8190807a95c29cdfb76e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 6:16 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b109aca8008190aa34902fb63fb1a3 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 6:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b10a5da7d08190967750728135ab68 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 6:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:10 p.m.