Triple

T5554502
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject O'Shaughnessy Dam E145604 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy
Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy was an Irish-born civil engineer best known as San Francisco’s city engineer who oversaw major infrastructure projects, including the Hetch Hetchy water system.
E542530 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: Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy | Statement: [O'Shaughnessy Dam, namedAfter, Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy
Context triple: [O'Shaughnessy Dam, namedAfter, Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy]
  • A. Maurice Walsh
    Maurice Walsh was an Irish author best known for writing the short story that inspired the film "The Quiet Man."
  • B. John McGlynn
    John McGlynn is a Scottish football manager best known for his successful spells in charge of Raith Rovers.
  • C. John Carroll O’Connor
    John Carroll O’Connor was an American actor best known for his iconic role as Archie Bunker on the groundbreaking television sitcom "All in the Family."
  • D. Eugene Commins
    Eugene Commins was an American experimental physicist at UC Berkeley known for his precision measurements in atomic physics and for mentoring notable students, including future Nobel laureist Steven Chu.
  • E. William Henry O’Connell
    William Henry O’Connell was a prominent early 20th-century American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who wielded significant religious and political influence as the longtime leader of the Boston church.
  • 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: Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy
Triple: [O'Shaughnessy Dam, namedAfter, Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy]
Generated description
Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy was an Irish-born civil engineer best known as San Francisco’s city engineer who oversaw major infrastructure projects, including the Hetch Hetchy water system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy
Target entity description: Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy was an Irish-born civil engineer best known as San Francisco’s city engineer who oversaw major infrastructure projects, including the Hetch Hetchy water system.
  • A. Maurice Walsh
    Maurice Walsh was an Irish author best known for writing the short story that inspired the film "The Quiet Man."
  • B. John McGlynn
    John McGlynn is a Scottish football manager best known for his successful spells in charge of Raith Rovers.
  • C. John Carroll O’Connor
    John Carroll O’Connor was an American actor best known for his iconic role as Archie Bunker on the groundbreaking television sitcom "All in the Family."
  • D. Eugene Commins
    Eugene Commins was an American experimental physicist at UC Berkeley known for his precision measurements in atomic physics and for mentoring notable students, including future Nobel laureist Steven Chu.
  • E. William Henry O’Connell
    William Henry O’Connell was a prominent early 20th-century American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who wielded significant religious and political influence as the longtime leader of the Boston church.
  • 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_69c008fcaf788190bafa02a1917ee73b completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01ffaf4fc8190bf27014d21954a70 completed March 22, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c059e7636c819082cc18b1913c08c9 completed March 22, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c062029e3c8190ade3f0836d6b3842 completed March 22, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c06268eb0c8190959ba762c2d9b47d completed March 22, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:36 p.m.