Triple

T3066417
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Object of My Affection E62113 entity
Predicate authorOfSourceWork P2353 FINISHED
Object Stephen McCauley
Stephen McCauley is an American novelist known for his witty, character-driven fiction exploring contemporary relationships and urban life.
E355721 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: Stephen McCauley | Statement: [The Object of My Affection, authorOfSourceWork, Stephen McCauley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen McCauley
Context triple: [The Object of My Affection, authorOfSourceWork, Stephen McCauley]
  • A. Ed McCauley
    Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
  • B. Douglas McGrath
    Douglas McGrath was an American screenwriter, director, and actor known for his literary adaptations and collaborations with Woody Allen.
  • C. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
  • D. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is a perpetually rain-plagued lorry driver in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," humorously revealed to be a Rain God unknowingly worshipped by clouds.
  • E. Stephen Callaghan
    Stephen Callaghan is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname Callaghan, though specific widely known public achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • 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: Stephen McCauley
Triple: [The Object of My Affection, authorOfSourceWork, Stephen McCauley]
Generated description
Stephen McCauley is an American novelist known for his witty, character-driven fiction exploring contemporary relationships and urban life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen McCauley
Target entity description: Stephen McCauley is an American novelist known for his witty, character-driven fiction exploring contemporary relationships and urban life.
  • A. Ed McCauley
    Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
  • B. Douglas McGrath
    Douglas McGrath was an American screenwriter, director, and actor known for his literary adaptations and collaborations with Woody Allen.
  • C. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is a perpetually rain-plagued lorry driver in Douglas Adams' "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," humorously revealed to be a Rain God unknowingly worshipped by clouds.
  • D. Rob McKenna
    Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
  • E. Stephen Callaghan
    Stephen Callaghan is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname Callaghan, though specific widely known public achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • 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_69ad85793e5c8190a358049bc4a98d8c completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada0fd87308190918e7b616f033faa completed March 8, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b34bab35a0819081b6c568606b4c37 completed March 12, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b34ff5a3608190bf8f33ae25b3d1ba completed March 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b350b528e4819083497ecfaec5c80d completed March 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:02 p.m.