Triple
T4700835
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McDonough |
E104264
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasVariant |
P455
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mac Donough
Mac Donough is a variant spelling of the Irish surname McDonough, commonly associated with families of Gaelic origin.
|
E464314
|
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: Mac Donough | Statement: [McDonough, hasVariant, Mac Donough]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mac Donough Context triple: [McDonough, hasVariant, Mac Donough]
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A.
William F. Connell
William F. Connell was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to education led Boston College to name its nursing school in his honor.
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B.
Alvan C. Gillem
Alvan C. Gillem was a United States Army officer and Civil War veteran who later led federal troops in campaigns against Native American groups in the West.
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C.
Captain Thomas Lathrop
Captain Thomas Lathrop was a colonial militia officer in 17th-century Massachusetts, best known for leading and losing his company in the devastating ambush later called the Battle of Bloody Brook during King Philip’s War.
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D.
Charles Devens
Charles Devens was a 19th-century American lawyer, Union Army general in the Civil War, and U.S. Attorney General who also served as a judge and politician from Massachusetts.
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E.
Robert B. Anderson
Robert B. Anderson was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- 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: Mac Donough Triple: [McDonough, hasVariant, Mac Donough]
Generated description
Mac Donough is a variant spelling of the Irish surname McDonough, commonly associated with families of Gaelic origin.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mac Donough Target entity description: Mac Donough is a variant spelling of the Irish surname McDonough, commonly associated with families of Gaelic origin.
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A.
William F. Connell
William F. Connell was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to education led Boston College to name its nursing school in his honor.
-
B.
Alvan C. Gillem
Alvan C. Gillem was a United States Army officer and Civil War veteran who later led federal troops in campaigns against Native American groups in the West.
-
C.
Captain Thomas Lathrop
Captain Thomas Lathrop was a colonial militia officer in 17th-century Massachusetts, best known for leading and losing his company in the devastating ambush later called the Battle of Bloody Brook during King Philip’s War.
-
D.
Charles Devens
Charles Devens was a 19th-century American lawyer, Union Army general in the Civil War, and U.S. Attorney General who also served as a judge and politician from Massachusetts.
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E.
Robert B. Anderson
Robert B. Anderson was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- 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_69bd43e9b88481908582103dcadff3d9 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd63cd447081908120ee1691009982 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be1062fa8c81909263e6757ef7c2d5 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be1485bcf0819096693abc5fbf34e3 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be153db02881908a28b3ede1fdcb54 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:17 p.m.