Triple

T5254874
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Tennant E118674 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object Alexander McDonald
Alexander McDonald is the father of Scottish actor David Tennant.
 E507911 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: Alexander McDonald | Statement: [David Tennant, parent, Alexander McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander McDonald
Context triple: [David Tennant, parent, Alexander McDonald]
  • A. John McDonald
    John McDonald was a co-author of Alfred P. Sloan Jr.’s influential business memoir "My Years with General Motors," helping to document the history and management practices of the automotive giant.
  • B. Angus McGill
    Angus McGill was a British journalist and humorist known for his witty newspaper columns and light comic writing.
  • C. Scott MacDonald
    Scott MacDonald is an American character actor known for his work in television and film, particularly in genre series and dramas.
  • D. Steven McDonald
    Steven McDonald was a New York City police officer who became widely known for his forgiveness and advocacy for peace after being paralyzed in the line of duty.
  • E. Duncan Makenzie
    Duncan Makenzie is the protagonist of Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "Imperial Earth," a third-generation colonist from Titan who becomes a key political and cultural bridge between Saturn’s moon and Earth.
  • 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: Alexander McDonald
Triple: [David Tennant, parent, Alexander McDonald]
Generated description
Alexander McDonald is the father of Scottish actor David Tennant.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander McDonald
Target entity description: Alexander McDonald is the father of Scottish actor David Tennant.
  • A. John McDonald
    John McDonald was a co-author of Alfred P. Sloan Jr.’s influential business memoir "My Years with General Motors," helping to document the history and management practices of the automotive giant.
  • B. Angus McGill
    Angus McGill was a British journalist and humorist known for his witty newspaper columns and light comic writing.
  • C. Scott MacDonald
    Scott MacDonald is an American character actor known for his work in television and film, particularly in genre series and dramas.
  • D. Steven McDonald
    Steven McDonald was a New York City police officer who became widely known for his forgiveness and advocacy for peace after being paralyzed in the line of duty.
  • E. Duncan Makenzie
    Duncan Makenzie is the protagonist of Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "Imperial Earth," a third-generation colonist from Titan who becomes a key political and cultural bridge between Saturn’s moon and Earth.
  • 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_69bd446978108190bb5f9c5c23d93f88 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7ba2f5d08190850529659901ae0f completed March 20, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf06bfa5e48190bc9313a39d95531e completed March 21, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf0708405c81908429336ab1a836cd completed March 21, 2026, 9 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf079d8584819091bb6b9204644971 completed March 21, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:50 p.m.