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.]
  • 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
  • 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.