Triple
T3332677
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The North Water |
E70068
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOfSourceMaterial |
P2806
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ian McGuire
Ian McGuire is a British novelist and academic best known for his dark, atmospheric historical fiction, including the acclaimed whaling novel *The North Water*.
|
E348079
|
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: Ian McGuire | Statement: [The North Water, authorOfSourceMaterial, Ian McGuire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian McGuire Context triple: [The North Water, authorOfSourceMaterial, Ian McGuire]
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A.
Patrick McCormick
Patrick McCormick is a film producer known for his work on major studio projects, including serving as a producer on the 2022 biographical musical drama "Elvis."
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B.
Richard McGinn
Richard McGinn is an American business executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies during the late 1990s.
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C.
Don McCafferty
Don McCafferty was an American football coach best known for leading the Baltimore Colts to victory in Super Bowl V.
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D.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
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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: Ian McGuire Triple: [The North Water, authorOfSourceMaterial, Ian McGuire]
Generated description
Ian McGuire is a British novelist and academic best known for his dark, atmospheric historical fiction, including the acclaimed whaling novel *The North Water*.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian McGuire Target entity description: Ian McGuire is a British novelist and academic best known for his dark, atmospheric historical fiction, including the acclaimed whaling novel *The North Water*.
-
A.
Patrick McCormick
Patrick McCormick is a film producer known for his work on major studio projects, including serving as a producer on the 2022 biographical musical drama "Elvis."
-
B.
Richard McGinn
Richard McGinn is an American business executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies during the late 1990s.
-
C.
Don McCafferty
Don McCafferty was an American football coach best known for leading the Baltimore Colts to victory in Super Bowl V.
-
D.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
-
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_69ad85a24f208190bcf83131bfed3521 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb19358e48190a503af01b92273a4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b31a867cac81909ddde955c1752ab8 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b31c37f3a08190823c32e8f933ce82 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b31caa4e188190b4dfd613fdaebdb6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.