Triple

T3301055
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American History X E69332 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object David McKenna
David McKenna is an American screenwriter best known for his work on gritty, socially charged films such as "American History X."
 E375309 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: David McKenna | Statement: [American History X, writer, David McKenna]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David McKenna
Context triple: [American History X, writer, David McKenna]
  • A. John McSherry
    John McSherry was a longtime Major League Baseball umpire known for his work in numerous postseason games and his sudden on-field death during a 1996 Opening Day game.
  • B. Frank McHugh
    Frank McHugh was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often playing comic sidekicks and supporting roles.
  • C. James McKenna
    James McKenna is an actor known for his role in the Australian film "Romper Stomper."
  • D. James McKenna
    James McKenna is a television writer and producer best known as one of the creators of the educational science series "Bill Nye the Science Guy."
  • E. 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.
  • 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: David McKenna
Triple: [American History X, writer, David McKenna]
Generated description
David McKenna is an American screenwriter best known for his work on gritty, socially charged films such as "American History X."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David McKenna
Target entity description: David McKenna is an American screenwriter best known for his work on gritty, socially charged films such as "American History X."
  • A. John McSherry
    John McSherry was a longtime Major League Baseball umpire known for his work in numerous postseason games and his sudden on-field death during a 1996 Opening Day game.
  • B. Frank McHugh
    Frank McHugh was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often playing comic sidekicks and supporting roles.
  • C. James McKenna
    James McKenna is an actor known for his role in the Australian film "Romper Stomper."
  • D. James McKenna
    James McKenna is a television writer and producer best known as one of the creators of the educational science series "Bill Nye the Science Guy."
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ad859e529c8190a404273f53cb487d completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb0a7d224819080d9a638e08bb8a8 completed March 8, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b44ed5f23c8190bfd1fb6370aad390 completed March 13, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b451c988f081909adfe88a9e027eb9 completed March 13, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b45a7d1bcc8190b2c69a0fffa94cd5 completed March 13, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:11 p.m.