Triple
T4069930
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McDermott |
E86619
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert McDermott
Robert McDermott is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals and public figures in various fields.
|
E444152
|
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: Robert McDermott | Statement: [McDermott, hasNotableBearer, Robert McDermott]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert McDermott Context triple: [McDermott, hasNotableBearer, Robert McDermott]
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A.
Robert J. McManus
Robert J. McManus is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts.
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B.
James McDermott
James McDermott is a character in Margaret Atwood’s novel *Alias Grace*, depicted as a fellow servant whose murder becomes central to the story’s infamous crime.
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C.
Robert Emmett McDonough
Robert Emmett McDonough was an American businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to education led Georgetown University to name its McDonough School of Business in his honor.
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D.
John McDonough
John McDonough was an American football official best known for serving as the referee in Super Bowl IV.
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E.
Edward P. Doherty
Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
- 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: Robert McDermott Triple: [McDermott, hasNotableBearer, Robert McDermott]
Generated description
Robert McDermott is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals and public figures in various fields.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert McDermott Target entity description: Robert McDermott is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals and public figures in various fields.
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A.
Robert J. McManus
Robert J. McManus is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts.
-
B.
James McDermott
James McDermott is a character in Margaret Atwood’s novel *Alias Grace*, depicted as a fellow servant whose murder becomes central to the story’s infamous crime.
-
C.
Robert Emmett McDonough
Robert Emmett McDonough was an American businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to education led Georgetown University to name its McDonough School of Business in his honor.
-
D.
John McDonough
John McDonough was an American football official best known for serving as the referee in Super Bowl IV.
-
E.
Edward P. Doherty
Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
- 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_69aed93ebe448190a1f1686e28740ac9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefbfa45c88190b7b13b35de816378 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6508f4afc819085389657b7bb4efb |
completed | March 15, 2026, 6:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b6519e30fc819098de2671c3aa89b9 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 6:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b6521feae08190a029acdece360863 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.