Triple

T5013316
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quebec Bulldogs E112678 entity
Predicate notablePlayer P304 FINISHED
Object Jack McDonald
Jack McDonald was an early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey player best known for his role as a forward in the National Hockey Association, including with the Quebec Bulldogs.
E487385 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: Jack McDonald | Statement: [Quebec Bulldogs, notablePlayer, Jack McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack McDonald
Context triple: [Quebec Bulldogs, notablePlayer, Jack McDonald]
  • A. Jim McDonald
    Jim McDonald is a Scottish engineer and academic leader who serves as the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde and is known for his contributions to engineering and energy research.
  • B. Martin McKinney
    Martin McKinney is a music producer best known for his work on The Weeknd’s hit album "Starboy."
  • C. Jeff McIlwain
    Jeff McIlwain is an electronic music producer and film composer best known for his work under the moniker Lusine, blending ambient, techno, and experimental sounds.
  • D. Tom McEwen
    Tom McEwen was a Canadian communist organizer and political activist known for his leading role in the early development of the Communist Party of Canada.
  • E. Ray McDonald
    Ray McDonald was an American actor and dancer known for his musical film roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
  • 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: Jack McDonald
Triple: [Quebec Bulldogs, notablePlayer, Jack McDonald]
Generated description
Jack McDonald was an early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey player best known for his role as a forward in the National Hockey Association, including with the Quebec Bulldogs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack McDonald
Target entity description: Jack McDonald was an early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey player best known for his role as a forward in the National Hockey Association, including with the Quebec Bulldogs.
  • A. Jim McDonald
    Jim McDonald is a Scottish engineer and academic leader who serves as the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde and is known for his contributions to engineering and energy research.
  • B. Martin McKinney
    Martin McKinney is a music producer best known for his work on The Weeknd’s hit album "Starboy."
  • C. Jeff McIlwain
    Jeff McIlwain is an electronic music producer and film composer best known for his work under the moniker Lusine, blending ambient, techno, and experimental sounds.
  • D. Tom McEwen
    Tom McEwen was a Canadian communist organizer and political activist known for his leading role in the early development of the Communist Party of Canada.
  • E. Ray McDonald
    Ray McDonald was an American actor and dancer known for his musical film roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
  • 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_69bd4434acb8819086679dbeccc2fe54 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7310c5b08190a5c9ab0f9fe9569f completed March 20, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be9271eccc8190bbe9bdb876b41cb8 completed March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be9653457c819082c4e4436a940f92 completed March 21, 2026, 1 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be96b861d08190b64145f30b3420b5 completed March 21, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.