Triple

T34072
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Flag of the United Nations E677 entity
Predicate designers P184 FINISHED
Object Donal McLaughlin
Donal McLaughlin was an American architect and industrial designer best known for creating the iconic emblem of the United Nations.
E4604 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Donal McLaughlin | Statement: [Flag of the United Nations, designers, Donal McLaughlin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donal McLaughlin
Context triple: [Flag of the United Nations, designers, Donal McLaughlin]
  • A. Jack Barry
    Jack Barry was a prominent American baseball coach and former Major League infielder best known for managing the College of the Holy Cross to the 1952 College World Series championship.
  • B. Tony James
    Tony James is an American financier and executive best known as the longtime president and chief operating officer of Blackstone and for his leadership roles at major cultural institutions.
  • C. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • D. Rory John Gates
    Rory John Gates is the only son of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and philanthropist Melinda French Gates, known for maintaining a relatively private life despite his high-profile family background.
  • E. Neal Lane
    Neal Lane is an American physicist and science policy leader who served as Director of the National Science Foundation and later as the White House Science Advisor.
  • 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: Donal McLaughlin
Triple: [Flag of the United Nations, designers, Donal McLaughlin]
Generated description
Donal McLaughlin was an American architect and industrial designer best known for creating the iconic emblem of the United Nations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donal McLaughlin
Target entity description: Donal McLaughlin was an American architect and industrial designer best known for creating the iconic emblem of the United Nations.
  • A. Jack Barry
    Jack Barry was a prominent American baseball coach and former Major League infielder best known for managing the College of the Holy Cross to the 1952 College World Series championship.
  • B. Tony James
    Tony James is an American financier and executive best known as the longtime president and chief operating officer of Blackstone and for his leadership roles at major cultural institutions.
  • C. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • D. Rory John Gates
    Rory John Gates is the only son of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and philanthropist Melinda French Gates, known for maintaining a relatively private life despite his high-profile family background.
  • E. Neal Lane
    Neal Lane is an American physicist and science policy leader who served as Director of the National Science Foundation and later as the White House Science Advisor.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: designers
Context triple: [Flag of the United Nations, designers, Donal McLaughlin]
  • A. designedBy chosen
    Indicates that one entity is the creator, planner, or architect responsible for the form or structure of another entity.
  • B. designedIn
    Indicates that something was created, planned, or conceived during a particular time period or at a specific location.
  • C. hasDesign
    Indicates that one entity possesses, embodies, or is characterized by a particular design associated with another entity.
  • D. cantonDesign
    Indicates that a canton (administrative region) is responsible for designing or determining the form, structure, or layout of something.
  • E. designPhilosophy
    Indicates the guiding principles, values, or conceptual approach that shape how something is designed or created.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2479dec388190967ba648663442c9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2490019948190a89bb0910c60d462 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a255307eac81908d0055775ef3c965 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a255cce9fc81908ce7af16eed38024 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a256a191bc8190a0cb3151ece43e13 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a24872e4e481908567850168d65015 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.