Triple
T3416574
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boston College Eagles football |
E72021
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCoach |
P550
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tom O’Brien
Tom O’Brien is an American football coach best known for revitalizing Boston College’s football program in the late 1990s and early 2000s before later leading NC State.
|
E453292
|
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: Tom O’Brien | Statement: [Boston College Eagles football, notableCoach, Tom O’Brien]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom O’Brien Context triple: [Boston College Eagles football, notableCoach, Tom O’Brien]
-
A.
Brian Moynihan
Brian Moynihan is an American lawyer and businessman who serves as the longtime chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of America.
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B.
Bill O'Herlihy
Bill O'Herlihy was a prominent Irish sports broadcaster and television presenter best known for his long career covering major football tournaments for RTÉ.
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C.
Joseph Jerome McGinnity
Joseph Jerome McGinnity was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher of the early 20th century, famed for his durability and nickname "Iron Man" for frequently pitching both games of doubleheaders.
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D.
Richard M. Linnehan
Richard M. Linnehan is a NASA astronaut and veterinarian best known for his spacewalks and work on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
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E.
Edward McDonnell
Edward McDonnell is a film producer known for his work on movies such as the psychological thriller "Insomnia" (2002).
- 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: Tom O’Brien Triple: [Boston College Eagles football, notableCoach, Tom O’Brien]
Generated description
Tom O’Brien is an American football coach best known for revitalizing Boston College’s football program in the late 1990s and early 2000s before later leading NC State.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom O’Brien Target entity description: Tom O’Brien is an American football coach best known for revitalizing Boston College’s football program in the late 1990s and early 2000s before later leading NC State.
-
A.
Brian Moynihan
Brian Moynihan is an American lawyer and businessman who serves as the longtime chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of America.
-
B.
Bill O'Herlihy
Bill O'Herlihy was a prominent Irish sports broadcaster and television presenter best known for his long career covering major football tournaments for RTÉ.
-
C.
Joseph Jerome McGinnity
Joseph Jerome McGinnity was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher of the early 20th century, famed for his durability and nickname "Iron Man" for frequently pitching both games of doubleheaders.
-
D.
Richard M. Linnehan
Richard M. Linnehan is a NASA astronaut and veterinarian best known for his spacewalks and work on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
-
E.
Edward McDonnell
Edward McDonnell is a film producer known for his work on movies such as the psychological thriller "Insomnia" (2002).
- 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_69ad85ad38e48190b7660c5118a35289 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb92ae6148190958d6bb735258cab |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdd34ff23481908bfd853f760cc153 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdd41328e08190990b65c1ea4801df |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdd469dfbc81909f9e309d58352e90 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.