Triple

T5043296
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hellgate E113597 entity
Predicate hasCastMember P2308 FINISHED
Object Francis McDonald
Francis McDonald was an American character actor known for his prolific work in early 20th-century film and television, often appearing in Westerns and adventure serials.
 E489060 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: Francis McDonald | Statement: [Hellgate, hasCastMember, Francis McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Francis McDonald
Context triple: [Hellgate, hasCastMember, Francis McDonald]
  • A. Donald MacDonald
    Donald MacDonald was a Loyalist officer who led Scottish Highlander forces against Patriot militia in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
  • B. William McSweeny
    William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
  • C. Phil McDonald
    Phil McDonald is a British recording engineer best known for his work on classic Beatles sessions at Abbey Road Studios.
  • D. Bob McFadden
    Bob McFadden was an American voice actor and impressionist known for his work in animated television specials and cartoons from the 1960s through the 1980s.
  • E. John McDonough
    John McDonough was an American football official best known for serving as the referee in Super Bowl IV.
  • 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: Francis McDonald
Triple: [Hellgate, hasCastMember, Francis McDonald]
Generated description
Francis McDonald was an American character actor known for his prolific work in early 20th-century film and television, often appearing in Westerns and adventure serials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Francis McDonald
Target entity description: Francis McDonald was an American character actor known for his prolific work in early 20th-century film and television, often appearing in Westerns and adventure serials.
  • A. Donald MacDonald
    Donald MacDonald was a Loyalist officer who led Scottish Highlander forces against Patriot militia in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War.
  • B. William McSweeny
    William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
  • C. Phil McDonald
    Phil McDonald is a British recording engineer best known for his work on classic Beatles sessions at Abbey Road Studios.
  • D. Bob McFadden
    Bob McFadden was an American voice actor and impressionist known for his work in animated television specials and cartoons from the 1960s through the 1980s.
  • E. John McDonough
    John McDonough was an American football official best known for serving as the referee in Super Bowl IV.
  • 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_69bd44391fc48190a311ce9c826c209b completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd73fc04f08190aba851fa0192d0fb completed March 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be9c87455081908b759eed55730503 completed March 21, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be9fc4f8bc8190a21c828ea5cb9529 completed March 21, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bea026f1008190861990c7a330222e completed March 21, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:37 p.m.