Triple

T4363595
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Terence McKenna E98717 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Dennis McKenna
Dennis McKenna is an American ethnopharmacologist, author, and researcher known for his work on psychoactive plants and his collaborations with his brother Terence McKenna in the study of psychedelics.
E435013 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: Dennis McKenna | Statement: [Terence McKenna, sibling, Dennis McKenna]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis McKenna
Context triple: [Terence McKenna, sibling, Dennis McKenna]
  • A. Terence McKenna
    Terence McKenna was an American ethnobotanist, mystic, and author known for his advocacy of psychedelic substances, exploration of consciousness, and influential lectures on philosophy, shamanism, and the nature of reality.
  • B. Ralph Metzner
    Ralph Metzner was a German-born American psychologist, writer, and researcher known for his pioneering work on psychedelic therapy and consciousness studies, often in collaboration with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert.
  • C. Timothy Leary
    Timothy Leary was an American psychologist and writer best known for advocating the therapeutic and spiritual use of psychedelic drugs during the 1960s counterculture movement.
  • D. Paul Grilley
    Paul Grilley is a yoga teacher best known for popularizing Yin Yoga and for his influential work on anatomy and skeletal variation in yoga practice.
  • E. Randy Alpert
    Randy Alpert is an American songwriter and producer best known for co-writing the hit song "Hypnotize," famously sampled by The Notorious B.I.G.
  • 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: Dennis McKenna
Triple: [Terence McKenna, sibling, Dennis McKenna]
Generated description
Dennis McKenna is an American ethnopharmacologist, author, and researcher known for his work on psychoactive plants and his collaborations with his brother Terence McKenna in the study of psychedelics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis McKenna
Target entity description: Dennis McKenna is an American ethnopharmacologist, author, and researcher known for his work on psychoactive plants and his collaborations with his brother Terence McKenna in the study of psychedelics.
  • A. Terence McKenna
    Terence McKenna was an American ethnobotanist, mystic, and author known for his advocacy of psychedelic substances, exploration of consciousness, and influential lectures on philosophy, shamanism, and the nature of reality.
  • B. Ralph Metzner
    Ralph Metzner was a German-born American psychologist, writer, and researcher known for his pioneering work on psychedelic therapy and consciousness studies, often in collaboration with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert.
  • C. Timothy Leary
    Timothy Leary was an American psychologist and writer best known for advocating the therapeutic and spiritual use of psychedelic drugs during the 1960s counterculture movement.
  • D. Paul Grilley
    Paul Grilley is a yoga teacher best known for popularizing Yin Yoga and for his influential work on anatomy and skeletal variation in yoga practice.
  • E. Randy Alpert
    Randy Alpert is an American songwriter and producer best known for co-writing the hit song "Hypnotize," famously sampled by The Notorious B.I.G.
  • 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_69b3454c772081908e20173e379e8ebe completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351e70a748190af6f1b709a0e75e6 completed March 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5e504f7b88190abc3e999c499920d completed March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5e57d85808190a3a4418bbd2a66c8 completed March 14, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5e5eb85dc819087ce983114208231 completed March 14, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.