Triple

T3398723
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Flanagan E71593 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Flanagan
William Flanagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the surname Flanagan.
E358739 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: William Flanagan | Statement: [Flanagan, hasNotableBearer, William Flanagan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Flanagan
Context triple: [Flanagan, hasNotableBearer, William Flanagan]
  • A. Thomas McCarthy
    Thomas McCarthy is an American philosopher and critical theorist best known for his work on critical theory and his extensive scholarship and translations on Jürgen Habermas.
  • B. James L. Flanagan
    James L. Flanagan was a pioneering American electrical engineer and speech scientist known for his influential contributions to digital signal processing and speech communication.
  • C. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • D. Thomas Flanagan
    Thomas Flanagan is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an Irish-American historian of the Irish diaspora and a prominent Irish-born Australian Catholic bishop.
  • E. Frank J. Marion
    Frank J. Marion was an early American film producer and industry pioneer best known as a co-founder of the Kalem Company, one of the first motion picture studios in the United States.
  • 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: William Flanagan
Triple: [Flanagan, hasNotableBearer, William Flanagan]
Generated description
William Flanagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the surname Flanagan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Flanagan
Target entity description: William Flanagan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the surname Flanagan.
  • A. Thomas McCarthy
    Thomas McCarthy is an American philosopher and critical theorist best known for his work on critical theory and his extensive scholarship and translations on Jürgen Habermas.
  • B. James L. Flanagan
    James L. Flanagan was a pioneering American electrical engineer and speech scientist known for his influential contributions to digital signal processing and speech communication.
  • C. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • D. Thomas Flanagan
    Thomas Flanagan is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an Irish-American historian of the Irish diaspora and a prominent Irish-born Australian Catholic bishop.
  • E. Frank J. Marion
    Frank J. Marion was an early American film producer and industry pioneer best known as a co-founder of the Kalem Company, one of the first motion picture studios in the United States.
  • 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_69ad85aac4808190a092c9cc8911f584 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb8c5816881909f91e6e9b81d29e3 completed March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b360b8a5a88190a6c29b438bfec09d completed March 13, 2026, 12:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b361c3f7508190aacfc24528546614 completed March 13, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b36249b50881909ebae2d35b30cc1c completed March 13, 2026, 1:03 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:14 p.m.