Triple

T484611
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Virginia Military Institute E9846 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object John McCain III (attended, transferred)
John McCain III was an American naval officer, long-serving U.S. senator from Arizona, and 2008 Republican presidential nominee known for his maverick political stance and military service as a Vietnam War POW.
 E60384 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: John McCain III (attended, transferred) | Statement: [Virginia Military Institute, hasNotableAlumni, John McCain III (attended, transferred)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McCain III (attended, transferred)
Context triple: [Virginia Military Institute, hasNotableAlumni, John McCain III (attended, transferred)]
  • A. Roswell Miller Jr.
    Roswell Miller Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of philanthropist Margaret Carnegie Miller, daughter of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
  • B. Richard Montgomery
    Richard Montgomery was an Irish-born American Revolutionary War general best known for leading the failed 1775 American invasion of Quebec, during which he was killed in action.
  • C. Arthur MacArthur IV
    Arthur MacArthur IV is the only son of famed American General Douglas MacArthur, known primarily for his private life away from the public and military spotlight.
  • D. Benjamin A. Smith II
    Benjamin A. Smith II was a Massachusetts politician and close friend of the Kennedy family who briefly served in the U.S. Senate before being succeeded by Edward M. Kennedy.
  • E. Denis McDonough
    Denis McDonough is an American political advisor who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Barack Obama.
  • 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: John McCain III (attended, transferred)
Triple: [Virginia Military Institute, hasNotableAlumni, John McCain III (attended, transferred)]
Generated description
John McCain III was an American naval officer, long-serving U.S. senator from Arizona, and 2008 Republican presidential nominee known for his maverick political stance and military service as a Vietnam War POW.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McCain III (attended, transferred)
Target entity description: John McCain III was an American naval officer, long-serving U.S. senator from Arizona, and 2008 Republican presidential nominee known for his maverick political stance and military service as a Vietnam War POW.
  • A. Roswell Miller Jr.
    Roswell Miller Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of philanthropist Margaret Carnegie Miller, daughter of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
  • B. Richard Montgomery
    Richard Montgomery was an Irish-born American Revolutionary War general best known for leading the failed 1775 American invasion of Quebec, during which he was killed in action.
  • C. Arthur MacArthur IV
    Arthur MacArthur IV is the only son of famed American General Douglas MacArthur, known primarily for his private life away from the public and military spotlight.
  • D. Benjamin A. Smith II
    Benjamin A. Smith II was a Massachusetts politician and close friend of the Kennedy family who briefly served in the U.S. Senate before being succeeded by Edward M. Kennedy.
  • E. Denis McDonough
    Denis McDonough is an American political advisor who served as White House Chief of Staff under President Barack Obama.
  • 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_69a2e802e2908190ab17c9479e0b6412 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f0ba310c81909645ef7e8a20b52f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a471205b9081908e75db702e9b3530 completed March 1, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a47180628c8190b801210ec5edf071 completed March 1, 2026, 5:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4721291a08190bc0b6f3aaadf8b71 completed March 1, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.